Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

First Advantage Corporation

bd_ad4377b91320f038 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 17, 2025

Filed

Jun 23, 2026

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for First Advantage Corporation →

First Advantage Corporation disclosed a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized third party accessed an employee's account via sophisticated phishing on November 13, 2025. The company became aware of the incident on November 17, 2025. The attacker downloaded the contents of the employee's email inbox, affecting personal information including names and other PII. First Advantage disabled the compromised account, implemented security safeguards, and is offering two years of credit monitoring and identity restoration services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 218 days

Nov 13, 2025

Begins

Nov 17, 2025

Discovered

Jun 23, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_4082b19584e92d012026-06-24 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_70c9415659c8f8232026-06-25 · +2dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_aeea61f037e62f332026-06-29 · +6dVerified
Texas State AGbd_f38f341da505889b2026-06-09 · +14dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 72d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_15d448d2bfc773842026-06-04 · +19dVerified
Texas State AGbd_8e533f2a45bfae752026-05-29 · +25dVerified
Texas State AGbd_a5c639bb7f3225112026-07-23 · +30dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e4fb2169f33566b32026-07-27 · +34dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b8dcfd083c0226262026-07-30 · +37dVerified
Texas State AGbd_efcc039ef6dc446c2026-09-03 · +72dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: First Advantage Corporation
norm: first advantage

Name: First Advantage Corporation
norm: first advantage
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 17, 2025
Breach occurred: Nov 13, 2025
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Disabled the employee’s account
Implemented a number of safeguards across our systems to enhance our security
Offering two years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Cyberscout, a TransUnion company
Established a dedicated call center to answer questions about this incident
Changes made: Continuing to evaluate additional steps we can take and additional safeguards we can implement to prevent something like this from happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(218 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Texas State AGMay 29 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Texas State AG+11d

California State AG+25d · this page

Vermont State AG+26d

Texas State AG+27d

New Hampshire State AG+31d

Texas State AG+55d

New Hampshire State AG+59d

Massachusetts State AG+62d

Texas State AG+97d

Pattern: first filing May 29 (TX), last Sep 3 (TX) — a 97-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 14 — the full spread may be wider.

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/sb24-625323
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 23, 2026
Raw hash: 7b93cce87c2bf98f089fe6ec661fa08c8bf7df4c1d34097543ae25c35076918d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFirst Advantage Corporation

Victim entityFirst Advantage Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Nov 17, 2025

Stated responseDisabled the employee’s account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov