More than 2 million user records from TaxAct allegedly acquired; 450k already leaked
Brief
On August 13, DataBreaches was contacted anonymously on Signal by someone reporting that they had acquired more than 2 million records with clients’ phone numbers, usernames, and email addresses from TaxAct, which is owned by Cinven. TaxAct operates under its parent company and holding entity, Taxwell. Not all the phone numbers were real, they reported,…