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HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc.

bd_c24b30aeb03debab · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 18, 2020

Filed

Aug 24, 2021

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

181state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc. →

SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident discovered on December 18, 2020. Suspicious activity on a server led to a forensic investigation concluding August 4, 2021, which determined personal information of 181 New Hampshire residents may have been accessed. SmartStart mailed notifications on August 24, 2021, and offered credit and identity monitoring services through IDX.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 249 days

Dec 18, 2020

Discovered

Aug 24, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 235d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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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.