On December 19, 2023, the Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving TaxBit. The incident occurred in late September 2023, potentially affecting names, email addresses, and API keys associated with TaxBit consumer accounts. No specific number of individuals affected was disclosed.
Source: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-12-19-taxbit-data-breach-notice-consumers
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/taxbitteam
"id": "tax557072925",
"linkid": "taxbitteam",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Technology',
'name': 'TaxBit',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'email addresses'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'email addresses',
'API keys']},
'date_detected': '2023-09-01',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-12-19',
'description': 'A data breach involving TaxBit was reported by the Vermont '
'Office of the Attorney General, potentially affecting names, '
'email addresses, and API keys associated with TaxBit consumer '
'accounts.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'email addresses', 'API keys']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-12-19',
'source': 'Vermont Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'TaxBit Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}