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AccidentalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

Eastern Sales & Marketing New England

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 20, 2008

Filed

Mar 26, 2008

To disclose

6 days

Affected

137

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Eastern Sales & Marketing New England

Eastern Sales & Marketing New England (ESMNE) inadvertently disclosed 137 employees' names, bank IDs, and account numbers to a former employee on March 20, 2008. The disclosure occurred when ESMNE mailed a letter to the former employee regarding an erroneous $985.44 deposit on March 13, 2008, but failed to redact other employees' financial data from the enclosed documents. 8 affected individuals are New Hampshire residents. ESMNE notified the NH AG and sent notices to affected employees.

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days
discovery → filing · 6 days

Mar 13, 2008

Begins

Mar 20, 2008

Discovered

Mar 26, 2008

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed137 affectedView 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.