HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

BackChecked LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 26, 2024

Filed

Dec 13, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

7,66413 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

BackChecked LLC, a vendor of Americhek, experienced unauthorized access to its systems on September 26, 2024. The incident potentially exposed applicant PII including names, DOBs, driver's license numbers, and SSNs. Americhek notified affected individuals on December 13, 2024, and offered 12 months of identity protection. Rhode Island notified 7,664 individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Sep 26, 2024

Begins

Sep 26, 2024

Discovered

Dec 13, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_339bfb31c634d2932024-12-13Verified by operator
California State AGbd_35058142b0ccc5992024-12-13Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_c9273a019b67f0da2024-12-13Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_e745bf85d03ba1962024-12-13Verified by operator

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Maine State AGbd_fd09eb75d56ac9262024-12-13Verified

Name: Certified Employment Screening Inc.
norm: certified employment screening

Name: BackChecked LLC
norm: backchecked
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 26, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 13, 2024
Affected individuals: 7,664state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via BackChecked LLC
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: BackChecked took steps to investigate and terminate any further unauthorized access to its systems
Americhek began assessing the scope of the potentially impacted data
Americhek is offering 12 months of complimentary identity protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGDec 13 · first

California State AGDec 13 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 13 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 13 · first

Maine State AGDec 13 · first

Montana State AGDec 13 · first · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Consumer-notification-letter-68.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 13, 2024
Raw hash: 7b3d3f27f1d0f5ec365d2bca19611dc95e4aa55f285ec67ee46930b5956b8119

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCertified Employment Screening Inc.

Victim entityBackChecked LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2024

Stated responseBackChecked took steps to investigate and terminate any further unauthorized access to its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov