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HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc.

bd_bb3c6553e769b6d4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 18, 2020

Filed

Aug 24, 2021

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

81state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc.

SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data security incident. Suspicious activity was identified on December 18, 2020, and confirmed to involve personal information (names) on August 4, 2021. The company engaged cyber experts and offered complimentary identity monitoring services through IDX.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 249 days

Dec 18, 2020

Discovered

Aug 24, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filingsup to 235d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Aug 27 (ME) — a 238-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.