One linked filing — more sources may join as they report · filed Nov 13, 2019. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_0032944eb9b44db6 · merge_method deterministic
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Not recorded for this incident
Discovery variance · Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay · Filing span — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster; needs two dated filings.
Identity (basic) · Government ID · Financial account
CA
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Aug 13, 2019 → Aug 22, 2019
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Aug 20, 2019
Reported by CALIFORNIA AG filing
GFS, Inc. notified California regulators of a data breach occurring between August 13 and 22, 2019. An unauthorized actor gained access to an office computer and used stolen credentials to file fraudulent tax returns. Personal information including names, SSNs, and financial data was exposed. GFS engaged forensic investigators, notified the IRS, and provided credit monitoring services.
About this clustering
DisclosureLens links filings into incidents through layered matchers: deterministic rules (same source document, multistate filings of one breach, tight-window same-victim pairs), a weighted-similarity scorer for cross-source candidates, and an operator review queue for everything uncertain. Each link records its own method and confidence — shown per filing in the timeline below. The system defaults to NOT merging when uncertain, because a false merge (collapsing two unrelated breaches) is more harmful than a false split (showing related filings separately); uncertain pairs route to human review instead of auto-merging. Filing summaries shown in the timeline are AI-generated extracts — verify each against its linked source.