Optima Tax Relief, LLC

The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported that Optima Tax Relief experienced a data breach in November 2022, which was disclosed to the public on May 2, 2023. The breach potentially exposed personal information including names, mailing addresses, dates of birth, and social security numbers. The number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-05-02-optima-tax-relief-data-breach-notice-consumers

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/optimataxrelief

"id": "opt109072525",
"linkid": "optimataxrelief",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'UNKN',
                        'industry': 'Tax Relief Services',
                        'name': 'Optima Tax Relief',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'UNKN',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'mailing addresses',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'social security numbers']},
 'date_detected': 'November 2022',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': 'May 2, 2023',
 'description': 'The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Optima Tax Relief experienced a data breach on November 2022, '
                'disclosed to the public on May 2, 2023. The breach '
                'potentially exposed personal information including names, '
                'mailing addresses, dates of birth, and social security '
                'numbers, but the number of individuals affected is UNKN.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'mailing addresses',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'social security numbers']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Vermont Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Optima Tax Relief Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}