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PhysicalFinancial ServicesFinanceTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Buckeye Check Cashing of California LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 27, 2013

Filed

Sep 17, 2013

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Buckeye Check Cashing of California LLC

Buckeye Check Cashing of California LLC reported the theft of a laptop from a locked vehicle on June 27, 2013. The laptop may have contained customers' names, addresses, bank account information, and Social Security numbers. The company stated it had no reason to believe the data was accessed but offered one year of identity protection services to affected customers. The law enforcement investigation was ongoing at the time of the notice.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

Jun 27, 2013

Begins

Jun 27, 2013

Discovered

Sep 17, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

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.