PhysicalRetail & ConsumerRetailTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 2, 2012

Filed

Apr 25, 2012

To disclose

23 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Rent-A-Center, Inc. →

Rent-A-Center, Inc. reported the theft of a server containing customer personal information, including names and Social Security or driver's license numbers, from a store in Clovis, CA. The theft occurred on April 1, 2012, and was discovered on April 2, 2012. The company offered one year of complimentary identity protection services to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 2, 2012 → Notified Apr 25, 201223d ✓ CA 60-day OK23 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

Apr 1, 2012

Begins

Apr 2, 2012

Discovered

Apr 25, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Name: Rent-A-Center, Inc.
norm: rent a center

Name: Rent-A-Center, Inc.
norm: rent a center
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 2, 2012
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2012
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 25, 2012
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Reported the incident to the Clovis Police Department
Began a thorough investigation to identify the information contained on the store’s computer equipment
Offering a complimentary one year membership of Experian’s ProtectMyIDTM Alert
Changes made: Reviewing our security systems and procedures in order to further secure our stores
Taking steps to further secure and/or remove customer personal information from store servers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 23d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Apr 2, 2012
→ Notified: Apr 25, 2012
23d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 2, 2012 → Notified: Apr 25, 2012	23d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-23053
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 25, 2012
Raw hash: 261f242a7eab9158184742d606377050563a75499db484123646b50b13c9ed1d

Reporting entityRent-A-Center, Inc.

Victim entityRent-A-Center, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 2, 2012

Stated responseReported the incident to the Clovis Police Department

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov