🌲Washington State AG
Clustered 5 filings across 5 jurisdictions · filing window Aug 24, 2021 → Aug 27, 2021. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_608bc2a223444f9e · merge_method deterministic · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
CA ME MT SC WA
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
per-filing reported counts
State AGs report only their own residents; bars show per-filing counts.
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Dec 18, 2020
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Dec 18, 2020
Reported by WASHINGTON AG, SOUTH CAROLINA AG, CALIFORNIA AG, MAINE AG filings
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.
SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc., a business sector entity reported a malware incident to the Washington Attorney General. The organization became aware of the incident on 2020-12-18 and filed notice on 2021-08-24. 639 Washington residents were affected. 249 days elapsed between awareness and notification.
Affected (this filing): 639
SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc. reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2021-08-24. The breach occurred on 12/18/2020. 81 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 81
SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc. notified applicants that suspicious activity on its server on Dec 18, 2020 may have exposed names. The company engaged cyber experts and offered IDX identity monitoring services.
SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc. notified the California AG of a data security incident. The breach occurred on May 13, 2020, but suspicious activity was not identified until December 18, 2020. An investigation concluded on August 4, 2021, that names and Social Security numbers may have been accessed. The company offered identity monitoring services to affected individuals.
SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on May 13, 2020, discovered on December 18, 2020. The incident affected 75,103 individuals, including 123 Maine residents. Acquired data included names combined with driver's license numbers. SmartStart notified affected individuals in writing on August 24, 2021, and provided 12 months of identity monitoring services through IDX.
Affected (this filing): 75,103