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Advocates

bd_d9ba6a35e235e630 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 1, 2021

Filed

Jan 1, 2022

To disclose

Affected

Withheld by the regulator

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for Advocates5 incidents on file

ADVOCATES INC filed a data-breach notice with the Illinois Attorney General during 2022 (case 2022-417). The register records the breach as discovered on October 1, 2021. Illinois does not publish the number of people affected — 815 ILCS 530/10 permits the Attorney General to publish only the entity name, the types of personal information and the date range.

Incident timeline

Oct 1, 2021

Discovered

Jan 1, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

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Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 21 (MA) — a 20-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.