TaxSquad is a full-service tax preparation provider in Burlingame, California. The company works to help individuals and business owners save on their tax liabilities. The company strives to deliver more customized tax preparation services than software-based tax preparation can match. The company offers personalized tax services and updates its preparation tactics based on the annual California tax law changes.
One or more individuals gained access to confidential TaxSquad email addresses. These emails contained confidential information that could be used for identity theft purposes.
The TaxSquad email breach occurred on August 22, 2022, and is suspected to have gone on for several weeks.
It's unclear exactly who was impacted by this email breach. Any TaxSquad customers could have been impacted by the breach. The company reached out to each of its current and past customers to notify them.
Since the exact email addresses that were accessed cannot be verified, there is no clear number of files impacted by the data breach. As many as thousands of customers could have been affected by the TaxSquad breach. TaxSquad has offered credit monitoring services to each of its customers as a service due to the data breach. If you've worked with TaxSquad in the past, or you're a current customer, you should make use of the free monitoring service to protect your identity and financial accounts.