PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Sterling BackCheck

bd_37b0d0688b74a442 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 7, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

76%

Full breach record for Sterling BackCheck →

On May 29, 2015, a password-protected laptop was stolen from a SterlingBackcheck employee's vehicle. The laptop may have contained a file with names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth of individuals who had applied for employment through SterlingBackcheck clients. The company launched an investigation, notified affected clients, and arranged 24 months of free credit monitoring via AllClear ID for potentially impacted individuals.

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Incident timeline

May 29, 2015

Begins

Aug 7, 2015

Filed

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_04fb8483f56fa5532015-08-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b9e8302923c3ebd22015-08-04 · +3dVerified
Washington State AGbd_eb8ff1badd82ddba2015-08-11 · +4dCandidate
South Carolina State AGbd_e7199027b1a4bdaa2015-08-03 · +4dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_18cd64c87fdcd3652015-07-31 · +7dVerified

Name: Sterling BackCheck
norm: sterling backcheck

Name: Sterling BackCheck
norm: sterling backcheck
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: May 29, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing notice of this incident to certain state regulators and consumer reporting agencies, as required

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine what information may have been stored on the laptop at the time of the theft
Provided notice of this incident to potentially impacted clients
Coordinating with clients to disclose this incident to potentially impacted candidates
Providing potentially impacted candidates with complimentary access to 24 months of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services with AllClear ID
Providing notice of this incident to certain state regulators and consumer reporting agencies, as required
Established a confidential inquiry line staffed with professionals familiar with this incident
Changes made: Updating our encryption and audit procedures
Revising our equipment custody protocols
Retraining employees on privacy and data security
Installing remote-wipe software on portable devices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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

South Carolina State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

California State AG+7d · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-57330
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 7, 2015
Raw hash: faf9e383a23e9b035338daafc005fc2f9045ca266e9ba4f46d26aad388d9db82

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySterling BackCheck

Victim entitySterling BackCheck

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine what information may have been stored on the laptop at the time of the theft

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov