PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighActive

Sterling BackCheck

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 30, 2015

Filed

Aug 11, 2015

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1,419state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Sterling BackCheck →

SterlingBackcheck reported the theft of an employee's laptop in Washington on May 29, 2015. The incident involved the potential exposure of names, SSNs, and DOBs for 1,419 Washington residents. The company notified law enforcement and began mailing notices to affected individuals on August 5, 2015.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 73 days

May 29, 2015

Begins

May 30, 2015

Discovered

Aug 11, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

7 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

New Hampshire State AGbd_04fb8483f56fa5532015-08-07 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_37b0d0688b74a4422015-08-07 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b9e8302923c3ebd22015-08-04 · +7dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_e7199027b1a4bdaa2015-08-03 · +8dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_18cd64c87fdcd3652015-07-31 · +11dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

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

Discovered: May 30, 2015
Breach occurred: May 29, 2015
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 5, 2015
Affected individuals: 1,419state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birthSocial Security numberName
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Providing notice of this incident to your office [Washington State Office of the Attorney General]Providing notice of this incident to other regulators and consumer reporting agencies where required

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Offering those individuals impacted by this incident and to whom it is legally obligated or permitted to notify, with access to two free years of credit monitoring and identity restoration services with AllClear ID
Changes made: Reviewing data security, privacy, technology, and asset inventory procedures
Retraining its employees on data security and privacy protocols
Installing encryption and remote deletion software on mobile devices
Updating encryption and audit procedures
Revising equipment custody protocols
Installing remote-wipe software on portable devices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(73 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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

Massachusetts State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

California State AG+7d

Washington State AG+11d · this page

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9582.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 11, 2015
Raw hash: 0e88583d553611f18d6a08689466ac9ef0d89c65c1eea81b8ec778033c1c5a30

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entitySterling BackCheck

Incidentdiscovered May 30, 2015

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com