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PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesLossEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Mark Riley, Inc., abd E. K. and Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Mar 16, 2015

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Mark Riley, Inc., abd E. K. and Company

Mark Riley, Inc. dba E. K. and Company, an accounting and payroll processing company, reported the loss of portable hard drives containing personal information, including names and Social Security numbers. The incident occurred on January 19, 2015. The company stated that the data could not be accessed without specific software not present on the drives. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of identity protection and credit monitoring via AllClear ID. The company replaced the affected drives with encrypted ones.

Incident timeline

Jan 19, 2015

Begins

Mar 16, 2015

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

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.