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HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Sarku Japan

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 6, 2022

Filed

Aug 8, 2022

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected · nationwide

29,239133 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Sarku Japan5 incidents on file

Sarku Japan reported a data breach affecting 133 Maine residents. The breach, described as an external system breach (hacking), occurred on January 14, 2022, and was discovered on February 6, 2022. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. Sarku Japan provided written notification to affected individuals on March 16, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity restoration services through Kroll.

Maine clockDiscovered Feb 6, 2022Filed with AG Aug 8, 2022183d ME AG >90d26 weeks discovery → filing
AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days
discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 183 days

Jan 14, 2022

Begins

Feb 6, 2022

Discovered

Aug 8, 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

Show 1 more filingup to 145d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Washington State AGMar 16 · first
California State AGMar 16 · first
Maine State AGMar 16 · first
Oregon State AGMar 16 · first
Maine State AG+145d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 16 (WA), last Aug 8 (ME) — a 145-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.