HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsMediumContained

American Residuals and Talent, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 18, 2014

Filed

Dec 1, 2014

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for American Residuals and Talent, Inc. →

American Residuals and Talent, Inc. (ART Payroll) detected an unauthorized login to its web application on October 18, 2014. Intruders had access for less than two hours. Potentially accessed data includes names, SSNs, addresses, bank account info, DOBs, emails, and credentials. ART contained the access, engaged forensics, notified regulators/law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Oct 18, 2014 → Notified Nov 25, 201438d ✓ CA 60-day OK6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Oct 18, 2014

Begins

Oct 18, 2014

Discovered

Dec 1, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_28d53cd36c9fbc942014-12-01Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d882e52aae5e71382014-12-02 · +1dVerified

Name: American Residuals and Talent, Inc.
norm: american residuals and talent

Name: American Residuals and Talent, Inc.
norm: american residuals and talent
Also named: American Residuals and Talent, Inc.dba oflegal entity
ART Payrolldba oftrade name
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 18, 2014
Breach occurred: Oct 18, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 25, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided notice to certain state regulators and law enforcement officials
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Worked immediately to contain the unauthorized access and prevent it from happening again
Launched an investigation and retained outside forensic experts
Provided notice to the major credit reporting agencies
Provided notice to certain state regulators and law enforcement officials
Offering access to a complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert
Changes made: Analyzed our systems and processes and implemented additional measures to secure your personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 38d
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: Oct 18, 2014
→ Notified: Nov 25, 2014
38d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Oct 18, 2014 → Notified: Nov 25, 2014	38d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 1 · first

California State AGDec 1 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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/sb24-47623
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 1, 2014
Raw hash: 2fde9cdc2a37c0ef1f91b8318d65cf6d0cb79732daf8e4f8082e645983c29eb6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Residuals and Talent, Inc.

Victim entityAmerican Residuals and Talent, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 18, 2014

Stated responseWorked immediately to contain the unauthorized access and prevent it from happening again

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov