Legacy Professionals reports data breach, exposing customer SSNs
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Legacy Professionals, LLP is reporting a data breach affecting an undisclosed number of consumers. They are a certified public accounting firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company specializes in audit, tax, and consulting services for labor organizations, employee benefit plans, nonprofit organizations, and businesses.
The incident, which was discovered in April 2024, involved the unauthorized access and theft of files containing personal information from the company's IT network. After detecting the incident, the company secured its systems and initiated an investigation with assistance from third-party cybersecurity experts.
By November 2024, the investigation confirmed that an unauthorized party had removed certain files from Legacy Professionals' network, some of which contained confidential consumer information. The exposed information includes:
- Names
- Social Security numbers
The nature of the attack and the number of affected individuals is not disclosed.
The company began sending data breach notification letters to all affected individuals on February 27, 2025.
