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OptimaTax Relief Data Breach

Posted on behalf of Arnold Law Firm on May 3, 2023 in Data Breach

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from OptimaTax Relief, contact the Arnold Law Firm at 916-777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

Optima data breach On or about May 2, 2023, OptimaTax Relief (“Optima”) sent a Notice of Data Breach Letter (“Breach Letter”) to individuals, including customers and potentially employees, former employees, and their dependents. The Breach Letter informed victims that their personally identifiable information (“PII”) was exposed when Optima claims there was a “cybersecurity incident impacting [its] network.” (the “Data Breach”)

According to the Breach Letter, Optima discovered the Data Breach in early November 2022 investigated the Data Breach and determined that, between December 2019 and November 2022,  hackers had gained access to their network without authorization. Optima has revealed that the PII available to the hackers during this breach consists of, including, but not limited to: name, mailing addresses, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth.

Optima discovered the Data Breach in early November, 2022. It waited until May 2nd, 2023 to send Breach Letters to victims.

OptimaTax Relief provides tax relief and resolution services for clients with outstanding tax liabilities with the IRS and/or state taxing authorities and is based in Santa Ana, California. It has over 400 employees and in 2022, had over $87 million in revenue. The data of over 5,027 individuals was compromised by this data breach. If you received a Breach Letter from Optima or any of its related entities, you were impacted by the data breach.

Optima has offered victims one-year of credit monitoring through IDX.

WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?

According to Optima, the following information was exposed:

  • Names
  • Social Security numbers
  • Dates of birth
  • Mailing addresses

This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity.

The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible. California offers extra protections and legal rights to its residents through the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from OptimaTax Relief, contact the Arnold Law Firm at 916-777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.