HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Sarku Japan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 6, 2022

Filed

Mar 16, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

741state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Sarku Japan →5 incidents on file

Sarku Japan (SAR Holdings Inc.) filed a supplemental notice with the Washington AG regarding unauthorized access to systems between Jan 14 and Feb 6, 2022. Discovered Feb 6, 2022. Impacted 741 Washington residents with name, address, DOB, and SSN. Investigation ongoing.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Jan 14, 2022

Begins

Feb 6, 2022

Discovered

Mar 16, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

2 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_3e7e01e462f64ab02022-03-16Verified
Maine State AGbd_676946af941027ba2022-03-16Verified
Oregon State AGbd_6f1f4c9b26bfab192022-03-16Verified
California State AGbd_2e9e3b153a51c8a62022-08-08 · +145dVerified

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Maine State AGbd_e82af6a75bb3e3f12022-08-08 · +145dVerified

Name: SAR Holdings Inc.
norm: sar holdings
Domain: sarkujapan.com

Name: Sarku Japan
norm: sarku japan
Domain: sarkujapan.com
Also named: SAR Holdings Inc.operating subsidiary ofholding company
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 6, 2022
Breach occurred: Jan 14, 2022 – Feb 6, 2022
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 741state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Investigate and respond to the incident
Assess the security of Sarku Japan’s systems
Notify potentially affected individuals
Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Kroll
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGMar 16 · first

Maine State AGMar 16 · first

Oregon State AGMar 16 · first

Washington State AGMar 16 · first · this page

California State AG+145d

Maine State AG+145d

Pattern: first filing Mar 16 (CA), last Aug 8 (ME) — a 145-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA5379.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 16, 2022
Raw hash: cba6fba97975ff4d74b536a32f96e6d1e05e4727b56662aeed1e3ee9e7c01103

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySAR Holdings Inc.

Victim entitySarku Japan

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2022

Stated responseInvestigate and respond to the incident

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com