HackingTechnologyInformationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)CredentialsHighActive

Zoosk, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 11, 2020

Filed

Jun 11, 2020

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

560,138state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Zoosk, Inc. →

Zoosk, Inc. reported that an unauthorized third party gained access to a database hosted by a third-party provider on or around January 12, 2020. The company discovered the incident on May 11, 2020, after being alerted to a potential compromise. The breach affected approximately 560,138 California residents, exposing names, email addresses, dates of birth, demographic information, and potentially passwords. Financial data and government IDs were not involved. Zoosk engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and implemented remediation measures including MFA and password rotation.

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California clockDiscovered May 11, 2020 → Notified Jun 3, 202023d ✓ CA 60-day OK4 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 120 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Jan 12, 2020

Begins

May 11, 2020

Discovered

Jun 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_496bee33a76a04992020-06-11Verified
Washington State AGbd_40aaf6755c696b582020-06-10 · +1dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_55917fefd56d6a2a2020-06-03 · +8dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_98c22dd75d7c290f2020-01-01 · +162dCandidate

Name: Zoosk, Inc.
norm: zoosk
Domain: zoosk.com

Name: Zoosk, Inc.
norm: zoosk
Domain: zoosk.com
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: 560,138state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified California Attorney GeneralNotified various regulatory authorities
Third party: via Third-party database host

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
Advising members to change their password for their Zoosk account
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 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: May 11, 2020
→ Notified: Jun 3, 2020
23d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 11, 2020 → Notified: Jun 3, 2020	23d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Delaware State AG+154d

Washington State AG+161d

Oregon State AG+162d

California State AG+162d · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-190811
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 11, 2020
Raw hash: 39da081c6f5c0b590e049aa0aa7b83c97553a0be186bb38dfcd8ee9edb1cb9b0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityZoosk, Inc.

Victim entityZoosk, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 11, 2020

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

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov