HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

TaxSquad

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 22, 2022

Filed

Oct 28, 2022

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for TaxSquad →

TaxSquad notified clients of a data breach involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts. The incident occurred between August 17 and August 22, 2022, and was discovered on August 22, 2022. Affected data may include names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and tax-related information. TaxSquad secured its systems and offered one year of complimentary identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 67 days

Aug 17, 2022

Begins

Aug 22, 2022

Discovered

Oct 28, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_634ab7b2108dc25e2022-10-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ed0e154cc9a734b52022-10-28Verified

Name: TaxSquad
norm: taxsquad

Name: TaxSquad
norm: taxsquad
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 22, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 17, 2022 – Aug 22, 2022
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 28, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection

During the incident: Began an investigation
Took steps to secure our systems
Taken additional steps to secure our email systems
Changes made: Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks SM Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(67 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 28 · first

California State AGOct 28 · first · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-558712
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 28, 2022
Raw hash: c827d61bc9533747f9d7ef0d5a3cab06ce185658205d4f600bfeac1deb405361

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTaxSquad

Victim entityTaxSquad

Incidentdiscovered Aug 22, 2022

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov