Sterling & Sterling, LLC d/b/a SterlingRisk

Sterling & Sterling, LLC d/b/a SterlingRisk notified California AG on Jul 23, 2019 of a data breach, which occurred on Apr 3, 2019. Data exposed: Email address, Name.

Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)

Organization: Sterling & Sterling, LLC d/b/a SterlingRisk
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Jul 23, 2019
Date(s) of breach: Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Email address Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: Apr 17, 2019, as stated in the letter
"On April 17, 2019, we completed our forensic investigation into an email phishing incident and determined that an unauthorized person gained access to an email account belonging to a SterlingRisk employee on April 3, 2019."
Days to notice: 97 days from discovery (Apr 17, 2019) to the California record (Jul 23, 2019). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82). Over the statutory period
Offered in the letter: 12 months of credit or identity monitoring through Experian
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:13 UTC

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