PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighActive

Sterling BackCheck

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 29, 2015

Filed

Aug 3, 2015

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1,661state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Sterling BackCheck →

SterlingBackcheck notified South Carolina residents that a password-protected laptop containing names, SSNs, and DOBs was stolen from an employee's vehicle on May 29, 2015. The company launched an investigation, updated security protocols, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring. No misuse of data was confirmed.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

May 29, 2015

Begins

May 29, 2015

Discovered

Aug 3, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_b9e8302923c3ebd22015-08-04 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_18cd64c87fdcd3652015-07-31 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_04fb8483f56fa5532015-08-07 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_37b0d0688b74a4422015-08-07 · +4dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_eb8ff1badd82ddba2015-08-11 · +8dCandidate

Name: Sterling BackCheck
norm: sterling backcheck

Name: Sterling BackCheck
norm: sterling backcheck
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 29, 2015
Breach occurred: May 29, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 7, 2015
Affected individuals: 1,661state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: providing notice of this incident to certain state regulators and consumer reporting agencies

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine what information may have been stored on the laptop at the time of the theft
Implemented additional measures to mitigate against the risk that an incident like this will happen again by updating our encryption and audit procedures
Revising our equipment custody protocols
Retraining employees on privacy and data security
Installing remote-wipe software on portable devices
Provided notice of this incident to our potentially impacted clients
Coordinating with these clients to disclose this incident to its potentially impacted candidates
Provide potentially impacted candidates with complimentary access to 24 months of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services with AllClear ID
Providing notice of this incident to certain state regulators and consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Updating our encryption and audit procedures
Revising our equipment custody protocols
Retraining employees on privacy and data security
Installing remote-wipe software on portable devices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 31 · first

South Carolina State AG+3d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

California State AG+7d

Washington State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Jul 31 (NH), last Aug 11 (WA) — a 11-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.

Source URL: https://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2015/Sterling_Backcheck.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 3, 2015
Raw hash: f24d764cc1609117a2efc758276152a83414b75deca87570102306ac673533c3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySterling BackCheck

Victim entitySterling BackCheck

Incidentdiscovered May 29, 2015

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine what information may have been stored on the laptop at the time of the theft

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov