Case file: Brightline, Inc.
Every government filing on this incident, the dates as stated, and the days to notice against each state's statute. Built from the records on Nov 9, 2026, agency link on every row. Not legal advice.
The incident
- Breach window
- Jan 30, 2023
- Discovered
- Feb 4, 2023, as stated in the California letter
- State and federal records
- 6 filings, Apr 12, 2023 to May 17, 2023
- Residents counted
- No state publishes a resident count for this incident
- Everyone affected
- No filing gives a total
- Information exposed
- Health insurance, Date of birth, Social Security number, Financial / bank account, Email address, Postal address, Medical / health information
- Offered to those affected
- credit or identity monitoring through Experian (term not stated in the letter we read)
- Third party named
- Yes, the letter attributes the incident to a vendor or service provider
- Days to notice
- Past the statutory period in all 2 states that set one, counted from discovery to each state's first record
The letter: "Brightline learned of the incident on February 4, 2023 and we immediately engaged our incident response plan and confirmed that the unauthorized access was terminated."
Filings
| Agency | Record date | People | In total | Days to notice | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California California AG | May 17, 2023 | Not published | Later filing, first record Apr 12, 2023 | Letter Record | |
| California California AG | May 12, 2023 | Not published | Later filing, first record Apr 12, 2023 | Letter Record | |
| California California AG | May 10, 2023 | Not published | Later filing, first record Apr 12, 2023 | Letter Record | |
| Oregon Oregon DOJ | May 2, 2023 | Not published | 87 days, statute 45 days, over | Record | |
| California California AG | Apr 21, 2023 | Not published | Later filing, first record Apr 12, 2023 | Letter Record | |
| California California AG | Apr 12, 2023 | Not published | 67 days, statute 30 days, over | Letter Record |
People is the count the filing gives, residents of the state unless marked total. Days to notice runs from the discovery date the letter states, or from the end of the breach window when no letter states one, to the date on the state's first record of the incident. "Over" marks a count past the days the state's statute allows for notice to residents. The statute's trigger is a question of fact, the days are arithmetic.
Notice timing, state by state
- 87 days from discovery (Feb 4, 2023) to the Oregon record (May 2, 2023). Statute: 45 days from discovery or notification of the breach (ORS 646A.604).
- 67 days from discovery (Feb 4, 2023) to the California record (Apr 12, 2023). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82).
The statutes
- California: 30 days to notify residents from discovery or notification of the breach, Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82. Sample notice to the Attorney General when more than 500 Californians are notified, within 15 days of the consumer notice (effective 2026).
- Oregon: 45 days to notify residents from discovery or notification of the breach, ORS 646A.604. Attorney General when more than 250 Oregon residents are affected, with the consumer notice.
Filings by others that name Brightline, Inc.
Clients of a breached vendor often file under their own names and name the vendor.
- Brightline, Inc. (affected by an incident that involved Forta, a third-party provider of file transfer services known as GoAnywhere MFT Software-as-a-Service), Delaware, Apr 7, 2023, 19
Sources and method
Records as published by California AG, Oregon DOJ. Letter facts (discovery date, monitoring, third party) are read from the consumer letter the agency posted, 3 letters read for this incident, and quoted so you can check them. Texas and HHS publish no letters. First-seen times on each record page. Spot an error? Email support@breachtally.com with this page link.