UnknownCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTMediumContained
Empathia
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Full breach record for Empathia →Empathia, Inc. discovered spam files on a data server on January 30, 2016. A forensic investigation revealed the spam spread to a second domain containing a file with customer information (name, address, phone, SSN) from 2003-2004. No evidence of data access or misuse was found; the unauthorized access appeared intended only to spread spam. Empathia engaged a third-party forensic investigator, increased IT security, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.
California clockDiscovered Jan 30, 2016 → Notified Jun 3, 2016125d ✗ CA 60-day late18 weeks discovery → filing
This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_2091bad550519a2bNew Hampshire State AGfiled 2016-06-06Verified
- bd_30f3bccba3dd37cdWashington State AGfiled 2016-06-06Candidate
- bd_9165db9cbec889b6Montana State AGfiled 2016-06-03(3d gap)Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-62197
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Jun 6, 2016
- Raw hash
- e5ec60c1bb14a56168a9e9dbe6f74de2fec0f3e8bfbe035a732e72038d43b0b5
Reporting entity
- Name
- Empathianorm: empathia
- Domain
- empathia.com
Victim entity
- Name
- Empathianorm: empathia
- Domain
- empathia.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Jan 30, 2016
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Jun 3, 2016
- Affected individuals
- Not disclosed
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
- Attack vector
- Unknown
- Threat actor
- External
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 18 weeks(128 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- CA 60-day late · 125d
- Discovery-date grounding
- letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status California Discovered: Jan 30, 2016→ Notified: Jun 3, 2016125d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.