PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Sterling BackCheck

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 30, 2015

Filed

Jul 31, 2015

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Sterling BackCheck →

SterlingBackcheck notified the NH AG that a laptop containing names, SSNs, and DOBs of job applicants was stolen from an employee's vehicle on May 29, 2015. The company discovered the theft on May 30, 2015. Investigation is ongoing. Affected individuals are offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

May 29, 2015

Begins

May 30, 2015

Discovered

Jul 31, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

9 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

South Carolina State AGbd_e7199027b1a4bdaa2015-08-03 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b9e8302923c3ebd22015-08-04 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_04fb8483f56fa5532015-08-07 · +7dVerified
California State AGbd_37b0d0688b74a4422015-08-07 · +7dVerified

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 11d gap

Washington State AGbd_eb8ff1badd82ddba2015-08-11 · +11dCandidate

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: Jul 31, 2015
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Providing notice of this incident to your officeProviding notice of this incident to other regulators and consumer reporting agencies where required

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Launched an investigation
Offering those individuals impacted by this incident and to whom it is legally obligated or permitted to notify with access to at least one free year of credit monitoring and identity restoration services with AllClear ID
Providing these individuals with helpful information on how to protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing notice of this incident to other regulators and consumer reporting agencies where required
Changes made: Reviewing data security, privacy, technology, and asset inventory procedures
Retraining its employees on data security and privacy protocols
Installing encryption and remote deletion software on mobile devices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 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 · this page

South Carolina State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

California State AG+7d

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-20150731.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 31, 2015
Raw hash: 2ca02700ec77adaa5664eb8a29e60aede07633b9a24f4bd1fb9da3030a2c3a7d

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