SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc.
bd_bb3c6553e769b6d4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
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.
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Incident timeline
Dec 18, 2020
Discovered
Aug 24, 2021
Filed
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+18 wks slower
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap
- Washington State AGbd_27e97a822e6e13622021-08-24Verified
- Indiana State AGbd_97379d175ed5a5552021-08-24Verified
- New Hampshire State AGbd_c24b30aeb03debab2021-08-24Verified
- South Carolina State AGbd_0db3e2cd96640c932021-08-25 · +1dVerified
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- California State AGbd_050d1847cd215db92021-08-27 · +3dVerified
- Massachusetts State AGbd_5d1119173a1a1d702021-08-27 · +3dVerified
- Maine State AGbd_79b8e613fe4dbbff2021-08-27 · +3dVerified
- Illinois State AGbd_767e5f0a78a5cc602021-01-01 · +235dCandidate
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
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.