The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving The Tax Shack on June 13, 2016. The breach occurred between May 27, 2016, and June 1, 2016, affecting approximately 1,000 Washington residents. The compromised information included names, Social Security numbers, financial and banking information, and full dates of birth. The breach was classified as a theft incident.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/thetaxshack
"id": "the707072825",
"linkid": "thetaxshack",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2016",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1000,
'industry': 'Tax Services',
'location': 'Washington',
'name': 'The Tax Shack',
'type': 'Business'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1000,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'financial and banking '
'information',
'full dates of birth']},
'date_detected': '2016-06-13',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-06-13',
'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
'a data breach involving The Tax Shack on June 13, 2016. The '
'breach occurred between May 27, 2016 and June 1, 2016, '
'affecting approximately 1,000 Washington residents, with '
'potentially compromised information including names, Social '
'Security numbers, financial and banking information, and full '
'dates of birth. The breach was classified as a theft '
'incident.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'financial and banking information',
'full dates of birth']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-06-13',
'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at The Tax Shack',
'type': 'Data Breach'}