Clustered 3 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filing window Mar 16, 2020 → Apr 14, 2020. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_45254f6ba072402f · merge_method deterministic · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
CA DE MT
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Mar 9, 2020
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Mar 9, 2020
Reported by CALIFORNIA AG, DELAWARE AG filings
Applications Software Technology LLC reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2020-03-16. The breach occurred on 3/9/2020. 1 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 1
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.
Applications Software Technology LLC notified the California Attorney General of a data breach occurring on March 9, 2020. An unknown third party accessed an employee's email account, set up forwarding rules, and accessed employee payroll information, specifically 2019 W-2s. The company implemented two-factor authentication and engaged an IT consultant for vulnerability assessment. Identity theft protection was offered to affected individuals.
Applications Software Technology LLC notified employees of a March 9, 2020 incident where an unauthorized third party accessed a single employee's email account via phishing, diverting messages to access 2019 W-2 data. The incident was isolated to one individual. The company implemented 2FA, engaged a consultant for vulnerability assessment, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection.