HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Optima Tax Relief

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2025

Filed

Aug 15, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

13 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Optima Tax Relief →3 incidents on file

Optima Tax Relief LLC reported a cybersecurity incident to the Nebraska Attorney General. Unauthorized access occurred between May 1 and May 6, 2025. The breach affected 5 Nebraska residents, exposing names, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and/or payment card numbers. Optima engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and began mailing notifications on August 15, 2025, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

May 1, 2025

Begins

May 1, 2025

Discovered

Aug 15, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 13 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3768bffb0edc5f082025-08-15Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_39c154fb85316aa52025-08-15Verified
Indiana State AGbd_5b9401b4574966fa2025-08-15Verified
California State AGbd_927b5d2155022b912025-08-15Verified

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Vermont State AGbd_62aaea630cfa14722025-10-20 · +66dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_3a3100a8186bd9fc2025-11-18 · +95dVerified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_5ed7546d2061c68f2025-11-18 · +95dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_69a180df6f948f5b2025-11-18 · +95dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b69ec11711d00f902025-11-18 · +95dVerified by operator
Texas State AGbd_732478d49739a61c2025-11-19 · +96dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: Optima Tax Relief
norm: optima tax relief
Domain: optimataxrelief.com

Name: Optima Tax Relief
norm: optima tax relief
Domain: optimataxrelief.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 1, 2025
Breach occurred: May 1, 2025 – May 6, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 15, 2025
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Nebraska Attorney General's Office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged independent IT security and forensic investigators
Secured its network
Notified law enforcement and is cooperating with an investigation
Began mailing notification letters via United States Postal Service First-Class mail
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Changes made: Offered a complimentary, one-year subscription to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll
Reviewing its safeguards and the security of its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 15 · first

Maine State AGAug 15 · first

Indiana State AGAug 15 · first

California State AGAug 15 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 15 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+66d

New Hampshire State AG+95d

Nebraska State AG+95d

California State AG+95d

Maine State AG+95d

Texas State AG+96d

Pattern: first filing Aug 15 (MA), last Nov 19 (TX) — a 96-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/c0c2b6f8-9866-4c00-8191-5bf18514d076.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 15, 2025
Raw hash: d62263c46e444d44ad0ac6ba6f1a42bc8e7a2bb39e73f1ffaf56421478fbba36

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOptima Tax Relief

Victim entityOptima Tax Relief

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2025

Stated responseEngaged independent IT security and forensic investigators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov