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Sarku Japan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 6, 2022

Filed

Aug 8, 2022

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Sarku Japan5 incidents on file

Sarku Japan (d/b/a of Variable State Holding Company) disclosed that an unauthorized actor gained access to its systems between January 14, 2022, and February 6, 2022. The company discovered anomalous activity on February 6, 2022. Affected data includes names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The company engaged third-party cybersecurity specialists and offered 12 months of identity monitoring through Kroll.

Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days
discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 183 days

Jan 14, 2022

Begins

Feb 6, 2022

Discovered

Aug 8, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

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

Show 1 more filingup to 145d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Washington State AGMar 16 · first
California State AGMar 16 · first
Maine State AGMar 16 · first
Oregon State AGMar 16 · first
California State AG+145d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 16 (WA), last Aug 8 (CA) — 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.