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State AGConfirmed2 filings · 2 statesLifecycle stage 2 of 3: ConfirmedUnverified claimConfirmedEnforcedhigh sensitivity
Merged incident · 2 filings

Sears Hometown Stores, Inc. — June 2021 breach

Clustered 2 filings across 2 jurisdictions · filing window Aug 24, 2021 Aug 27, 2021. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →

1 cross-filing discrepancyMerge100%

Determination

Confirmed

Members

2 filings

States

2

Affected · reported

16

First → last filing

Aug 24, 2021 Aug 27, 2021

Merge confidence

100%

incident inc_637af6e955e74951 · merged by deterministic · confidence 100%

Confirmed breach. Merged as one breach: 2 regulatory filings. The filings describe a third-party compromise. Intrusion Jun 3, 2021–Jun 15, 2021, discovered Jun 24, 2021 — the first regulatory filing landed 61 days later. 16 individuals reported across the linked filings. Data reported: Government ID, Financial account, and Health (basic). Each member filing remains the legal record for its jurisdiction.

Litigation Timing

Notification delay
61days

Discovered → first regulatory filing

Discovery variance
33days

Range of discovered_at dates across filings

Filing span
3days

Time between earliest and latest filing

Not recorded for this incident

Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delayno leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.

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