HackingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Delayed DiscoveryIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTPIIHighContained
Sterling BackCheck
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Full breach record for Sterling BackCheck →Certified Employment Screening Inc. dba Americhek notified affected individuals of a data security incident at vendor BackChecked LLC. An unauthorized individual accessed BackChecked's systems on September 26, 2024, potentially obtaining applicant names, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and Social Security numbers. BackChecked notified Americhek on October 29, 2024. Approximately 7,664 individuals were notified. IDX identity protection services were offered.
This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_339bfb31c634d293Vermont State AGfiled 2024-12-13Verified
- bd_c9273a019b67f0daNew Hampshire State AGfiled 2024-12-13Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-596074
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Dec 13, 2024
- Raw hash
- 2e151bf1da1f9b5e7048075fb928b66e3f661d285576b69815c1eff4dde31988
Reporting entity
- Name
- Certified Employment Screening Inc.norm: certified employment screening
Victim entity
- Name
- Sterling BackChecknorm: sterling backcheck
Incident
- Discovered
- —
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Dec 13, 2024
- Affected individuals
- 7,664
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTPII
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078 Valid Accounts
- Threat actor
- External
- Regulator citations
- Notified California Attorney GeneralNotified Rhode Island Attorney GeneralNotified Maryland Attorney GeneralNotified Oregon Attorney GeneralNotified New York Attorney GeneralNotified Iowa Attorney GeneralNotified Kentucky Attorney GeneralNotified NC Attorney GeneralNotified Washington D.C. Attorney General
Compliance
- Compliance flags
- — (clock not assessable for this source)
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.