HackingTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsMediumContained

First Advantage Enterprise Screening Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 10, 2024

Filed

Nov 13, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

16state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for First Advantage Enterprise Screening Corporation →2 incidents on file

First Advantage Enterprise Screening Corporation notified the Maryland Attorney General on January 16, 2025, of a cybersecurity incident affecting 16 Maryland residents. Unauthorized access occurred on or about November 12, 2024, via valid credentials to Profile Advantage accounts. Affected data included names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, emails, and passwords. First Advantage discovered the activity on December 10, 2024, reset credentials, mandated MFA, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 28 days

Nov 12, 2024

Begins

Dec 10, 2024

Discovered

Nov 13, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed16 affectedView incident

Name: First Advantage Enterprise Screening Corporation
norm: first advantage enterprise screening
Domain: fadv.com

Name: First Advantage Enterprise Screening Corporation
norm: first advantage enterprise screening
Domain: fadv.com
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 10, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 12, 2024
Undetected for: 28 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 16, 2025
Affected individuals: 16state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDCredentials
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Promptly reset all compromised credentials
Mandated multi-factor authentication for all Profile Advantage accounts beginning on December 23, 2024
Established a dedicated call center to answer individuals’ questions
Providing affected individuals with 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Changes made: Mandated multi-factor authentication for all Profile Advantage accounts
Reset all compromised credentials
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376203.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 13, 2025
Raw hash: 9eef172a9cb58fa225f43af1bebe141aacc097fc569dc1a997c7040c238309a5

Reporting entityFirst Advantage Enterprise Screening Corporation

Victim entityFirst Advantage Enterprise Screening Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Dec 10, 2024

Stated responsePromptly reset all compromised credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov