PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Sterling BackCheck

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 30, 2015

Filed

Aug 7, 2015

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

734state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sterling BackCheck →

SterlingBackcheck notified the NH AG of a data event involving 734 NH residents after a laptop containing names, SSNs, and DOBs was stolen from an employee's vehicle on May 29, 2015. The company was made aware on May 30, 2015. Notices were mailed to residents starting August 5, 2015. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 69 days

May 29, 2015

Begins

May 30, 2015

Discovered

Aug 7, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_37b0d0688b74a4422015-08-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b9e8302923c3ebd22015-08-04 · +3dVerified
Washington State AGbd_eb8ff1badd82ddba2015-08-11 · +4dCandidate
South Carolina State AGbd_e7199027b1a4bdaa2015-08-03 · +4dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_18cd64c87fdcd3652015-07-31 · +7dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Sterling BackCheck
norm: sterling backcheck
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 30, 2015
Breach occurred: May 29, 2015
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 5, 2015
Affected individuals: 734state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Provided notice to Office of the New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProviding notice to other regulators and consumer reporting agencies where required

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Launched an investigation
Provided notice to potentially impacted clients
Began mailing written notice to impacted New Hampshire residents
Offered two free years of credit monitoring and identity restoration services with AllClear ID
Changes made: Reviewing data security, privacy, technology, and asset inventory procedures
Retraining employees on data security and privacy protocols
Installing encryption and remote deletion software on mobile devices
Updating encryption and audit procedures
Revising equipment custody protocols
Installing remote-wipe software on portable devices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(69 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 31 · first

South Carolina State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

California State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Washington State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Jul 31 (NH), last Aug 11 (WA) — a 11-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/sterlingbackcheck-20150807.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 7, 2015
Raw hash: 589f6e91499409bee1fe5bfecca652625ed953d053a30c7b96d0f4bef2093496

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entitySterling BackCheck

Incidentdiscovered May 30, 2015

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov