HackingFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)BiometricMediumContained

Best Collateral, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 17, 2025

Filed

Mar 6, 2025

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Best Collateral, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Best Collateral Inc. discovered suspicious network activity on January 17, 2025. An investigation determined that personal information, including names, health insurance policy info, SSNs, driver's license numbers, biometric data, and military IDs, may have been acquired without authorization. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, notified the FBI, and is offering identity protection services.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 17, 2025 → Notified Mar 1, 202543d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Jan 17, 2025

Discovered

Mar 6, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Best Collateral, Inc.
norm: best collateral
Domain: bestcollateral.com

Name: Best Collateral, Inc.
norm: best collateral
Domain: bestcollateral.com

Discovered: Jan 17, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 1, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Biometric
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Engaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with the process
Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering complimentary identity protection services through TransUnion
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 43d
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: Jan 17, 2025
→ Notified: Mar 1, 2025
43d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 17, 2025 → Notified: Mar 1, 2025	43d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-599546
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 6, 2025
Raw hash: 9a7be2feb922d5db4d2e177b436700df329baacaf0b5e48c04193eaa38193cbb

Reporting entityBest Collateral, Inc.

Victim entityBest Collateral, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 17, 2025

Stated responseEngaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with the process

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov