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Gatsby Enterprises, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 13, 2019

Filed

Jan 16, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1002 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Gatsby Enterprises, Inc.

Gatsby Enterprises, Inc. experienced an accidental disclosure of 1099-MISC forms for independent contractors. On December 13, 2019, an accounting employee inadvertently emailed a .zip file containing 1099-MISC forms for all independent contractors for the 2017 tax year to a single contractor who had requested only her own form. The disclosed data included names, addresses, and the last four digits of Social Security numbers. The recipient notified Gatsby and deleted the file. Two New Hampshire residents were among the affected individuals. Notifications were sent on January 13, 2020.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Dec 13, 2019

Begins

Dec 13, 2019

Discovered

Jan 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGJan 10 · first
New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 10 (MA), last Jan 16 (NH) — a 6-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.