DisclosureLens
Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingEmployee Data InvolvedCredentialsPIILowResolved

H & R BLOCK, INC.

bd_f0ec1975f07ccd31 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 14, 2020

Filed

Jan 18, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

59%
Full breach record for H & R BLOCK, INC. →10 incidents on file

H&R Block reported a phishing attack directed at its associates (employees), which it says it identified and resolved on or about December 14, 2020; the notified associates' account credentials may have been compromised before its corrective actions. The unauthorized access may have reached emails containing sensitive information and the Workday system containing the associates' personal information. H&R Block locked the affected accounts, forced password resets and offered 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks identity protection.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Dec 14, 2020

Discovered

Jan 18, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

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.