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Sterling BackCheck

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Aug 4, 2015

To disclose

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Affected

1,914state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

95%
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Sterling Backcheck reported a data breach to the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. The breach was reported on 2015-08-04. 1,914 Massachusetts residents were affected. The report records the breach type as electronic.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Aug 4, 2015

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 7d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGJul 31 · first
South Carolina State AG+3d
Massachusetts State AG+4d · this page
New Hampshire State AG+7d
California State AG+7d
Washington State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Jul 31 (NH), last Aug 11 (WA) — a 11-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.