The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving L.A. Tax Service, LLP on October 30, 2020. The breach occurred on June 10, 2020, and September 9, 2020, with approximately 50 tax returns potentially exposed, involving personal information such as names, addresses, taxpayer information, and social security numbers.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-195726
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/la-tax-service
"id": "la-144072525",
"linkid": "la-tax-service",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2020",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 50,
'industry': 'Tax Services',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'L.A. Tax Service, LLP',
'type': 'Business'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 50,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'taxpayer information',
'social security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2020-10-30',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-10-30',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving L.A. Tax Service, LLP on October 30, 2020. '
'The breach occurred on June 10, 2020, and September 9, 2020, '
'with approximately 50 tax returns potentially exposed, '
'involving personal information such as names, addresses, '
'taxpayer information, and social security numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'taxpayer information',
'social security numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-10-30',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at L.A. Tax Service, LLP',
'type': 'Data Breach'}