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State AGConfirmed3 filings · 3 statesLifecycle stage 2 of 3: ConfirmedUnverified claimConfirmedEnforcedhigh sensitivity
Merged incident · 3 filings

The Tax Specialists — March 2018 breach

Clustered 3 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filing window Nov 23, 2018 Dec 3, 2018. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →

1 cross-filing discrepancyMerge100%

Determination

Confirmed

Members

3 filings

States

3

Affected · reported

9

First → last filing

Nov 23, 2018 Dec 3, 2018

Merge confidence

100%

incident inc_912e40cc31e84ea0 · merged by deterministic · confidence 100%

Confirmed breach. Merged as one breach: 3 regulatory filings. The filing describes a phishing attack. Intrusion Mar 1, 2018–Mar 19, 2018, discovered Oct 21, 2018 — the first regulatory filing landed 33 days later. 9 individuals reported across the linked filings. Data reported: Government ID, Identity (basic), and Financial account. Notifications rolled out on a 10-day schedule across 3 filings beginning Nov 23, 2018. Each member filing remains the legal record for its jurisdiction.

Litigation Timing

Notification delay
33days

Discovered → first regulatory filing

Filing span
10days

Time between earliest and latest filing

Not recorded for this incident

Discovery variance · Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delayno leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster; needs two dated filings.

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