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Berkeley Research Group, LLC

bd_ef39e9761ff1c75f · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 2, 2025

Filed

Oct 30, 2025

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

17,188state residents only

Linked

18 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for Berkeley Research Group, LLC →2 incidents on file

Berkeley Research Group, LLC, a business sector entity reported a ransomware incident to the Washington Attorney General. The organization became aware of the incident on 2025-03-02 and filed notice on 2025-10-30. 17,188 Washington residents were affected. 242 days elapsed between awareness and notification. 2 days to identify the breach. 0 days to contain the breach.

Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d35 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

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 242 days

Mar 2, 2025

Discovered

Oct 30, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 18 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 306d gap

Showing first 10 of 17 linked disclosures.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGOct 30 · first
Delaware State AGOct 30 · first
Maine State AGOct 30 · first
Washington State AGOct 30 · first
Iowa State AGOct 30 · first
Washington State AGOct 30 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+4d
Texas State AG+5d
California State AG+305d
Vermont State AG+305d
Texas State AG+306d

Pattern: first filing Oct 30 (IN), last Sep 1 (TX) — a 306-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 17 — the full spread may be wider.

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.