Optima Tax Relief (CA, United States) notified the Texas Attorney General and the California Attorney General of a data breach on 18 November 2025. It told the states about 2,351 Texas residents; the total can be higher. Exposed: Social Security numbers, Driver’s license numbers, Health insurance details, Health and medical information, Financial account and card details and Names. The breach began on 1 May 2025, 201 days before it was reported.
Breach reported 18 November 2025
Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
2,351 Texas residents (one state’s count; the total can be higher)
Reported
18 November 2025
Breach began
1 May 2025
Time to tell
201 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)
106 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)
What was exposed
The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does.
Before the notice: the ransomware gang Chaos named Optima Tax Relief on its leak site on 6 June 2025, 70 days before this was reported. Matched by the organisation’s name: the notice itself does not say who the attacker was.
Look for Optima Tax Relief, LLC’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
Call your bank on the number printed on your card (never one from a message), check recent payments and ask for a new card.
An ID number cannot be changed, so lock it: a credit freeze or fraud alert in the US, a credit warning (kreditadvarsel) on borger.dk in Denmark, Cifas protective registration in the UK.
Check your health insurer’s statements for treatment you never had.
Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be Optima Tax Relief, LLC, your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.
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