Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (September 2022)

Organization named: Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory

What the sources say

Washington Attorney General data breach notifications Primary notice

Posted on the Washington Attorney General data breach notifications with a submission date of Sept. 2, 2022.

Organization as reported: Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Information types as reported: Name; Full Date of Birth
Incident dates as reported: July 22, 2022
Submission date: Sept. 2, 2022
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-19 04:57 UTC (revision 26076, page:19:row:35)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The listing records a filing with the agency; it is not a finding by the agency.

Washington data breach notifications dataset (data.wa.gov sb4j-ca4h) Duplicate filing

Posted on the Washington data breach notifications dataset with a submission date of Sept. 2, 2022.

Organization as reported: Samsung Electronics America, Inc., NJ
Entity type as reported: Business
Category as reported: Cyberattack; Unclear/unknown
Incident dates as reported: July 22, 2022 to July 29, 2022
Discovery date as reported: July 28, 2022
Submission date: Sept. 2, 2022
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-11-01 20:03 UTC (revision 63058, row:774)
Extraction: Parsed from a document; extraction confidence 0.85
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The listing records a filing with the agency; it is not a finding by the agency.

Figures, per source

174,929 individuals affected (residents of the reporting state), according to the Washington Attorney General data breach notifications, source date Sept. 2, 2022, revision observed 2026-10-19.
174,929 individuals affected (residents of the reporting state), according to the Washington data breach notifications dataset, source date Sept. 2, 2022, revision observed 2026-11-01.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

2022-09-02Submission date (Washington Attorney General data breach notifications)
2022-09-02Submission date (Washington data breach notifications dataset)
2026-10-19Observed by BreachRecords (revision 26076)
2026-11-01Observed by BreachRecords (revision 63058)
2026-11-04Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Named as the filer Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-11-04, method manual.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 453,656 bytes, retrieved from Washington data breach notifications dataset, 2026-11-01 20:03 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page
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text/html, 154,106 bytes, retrieved from Washington Attorney General data breach notifications, 2026-10-19 04:57 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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