AccidentalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Employer Leasing Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 17, 2017

Filed

Jan 18, 2018

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

817state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Employer Leasing Company →

Employer Leasing Company disclosed that files containing sensitive employee information (names, addresses, SSNs, Driver's License numbers, and health insurance info) became browsable via Google search due to a server misconfiguration between Sept 14-18, 2017. The company discovered the issue on Oct 17, 2017, immediately investigated with a third-party forensics firm, and removed the files from Google. No evidence of misuse was found. Approximately 817 California residents were notified in two batches (193 in Nov 2017, 624 in Jan 2018). One year of credit monitoring was offered.

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California clockDiscovered Oct 17, 2017 → Notified Jan 16, 201891d ✗ CA 60-day late13 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 33 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 93 days

Sep 14, 2017

Begins

Oct 17, 2017

Discovered

Jan 18, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_31cdf47ba61c240c2018-01-18Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_45a3980a9b67c2fc2018-01-18Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bdfbb1e6dc7ba8752018-01-18Verified

Name: Employer Leasing Company
norm: employer leasing

Name: Employer Leasing Company
norm: employer leasing
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 17, 2017
Breach occurred: Sep 14, 2017 – Sep 18, 2017
Undetected for: 33 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 16, 2018
Affected individuals: 817state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Regulator citations: Providing notice of this incident to the California Attorney GeneralProviding written notice of this incident to other state regulators and consumer reporting agencies as necessary
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine which files were browsed and which individuals’ information was contained in the files
Engaged a third-party forensic investigation firm
Removed the sensitive files from Google through the use of Google’s online content removal forms and through direct communication to Google
Engaged a vendor to provide advanced address look-up services to ensure notice would be mailed to the person’s most recent address on record
Provided all potentially affected individuals access to one (1) free year of credit and identity monitoring services, including identity restoration services, through IDExperts
Established a dedicated hotline for potentially affected individuals to contact with questions or concerns regarding this incident
Provided potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(93 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 91d
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: Oct 17, 2017
→ Notified: Jan 16, 2018
91d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Oct 17, 2017 → Notified: Jan 16, 2018	91d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGJan 18 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 18 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 18 · first

California State AGJan 18 · first · this page

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/sb24-132930
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 18, 2018
Raw hash: d6e80d4881ae1b52ac3de538e4b970580c775198451f977463181eb994b61e74

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmployer Leasing Company

Victim entityEmployer Leasing Company

Incidentdiscovered Oct 17, 2017

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine which files were browsed and which individuals’ information was contained in the files

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov