HackingTechnologyInformationDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedAuthenticationCredentialsIdentity (basic)HighActive

Zoosk, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 11, 2020

Filed

Jun 10, 2020

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

115,158state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Zoosk, Inc. →

Zoosk, Inc. notified the Washington AG of unauthorized access to a third-party hosted database on May 11, 2020. Access occurred around Jan 12, 2020. Data included names, emails, DOBs, and potentially passwords. 115,158 WA residents affected. Investigation ongoing.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 120 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Jan 12, 2020

Begins

May 11, 2020

Discovered

Jun 10, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_496bee33a76a04992020-06-11 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_a6b98a214f2ef77a2020-06-11 · +1dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_55917fefd56d6a2a2020-06-03 · +7dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_98c22dd75d7c290f2020-01-01 · +161dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Zoosk, Inc.
norm: zoosk
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: May 11, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 12, 2020
Undetected for: 120 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 3, 2020
Affected individuals: 115,158state-resident count only
Data types: AuthenticationCredentialsIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameDate of birthUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney GeneralContacted law enforcement authorities

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of outside cybersecurity and forensic specialists
Contacted law enforcement authorities
Provided direct notice of this incident to all affected individuals by email
Established a dedicated call center to offer support to its members
Changes made: Changing and rotating passwords
Changing access keys
Enabling multifactor authentication
Monitoring of user activity and access
Assessing the implementation of additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Delaware State AG+154d

Washington State AG+161d · this page

Oregon State AG+162d

California State AG+162d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jun 11 (CA) — a 162-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10556.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 10, 2020
Raw hash: cc85acc2c44307c403fd92142dc611970608afd4a94edea70af26e3571ecfa36

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityZoosk, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 11, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of outside cybersecurity and forensic specialists

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com