MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIPIIHealth (basic)HighContained

YUM! Brands, Inc.

bd_05b2f3b76db7eda6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 13, 2023

Filed

Apr 7, 2023

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1,220state residents only

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for YUM! Brands, Inc. →

Yum! Brands, Inc. reported a ransomware incident occurring Jan 13-14, 2023, discovered Jan 13, 2023. The breach affected personal information of 1,220 Washington residents. Yum! locked down systems, notified law enforcement, engaged forensic investigators, and deployed enhanced monitoring. Affected individuals received 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d12 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

Jan 13, 2023

Begins

Jan 13, 2023

Discovered

Apr 7, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_670ffb1c99274f7f2023-04-07Verified
California State AGbd_17c063610aa17e652023-04-13 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_712a74721c6ee1982023-04-13 · +6dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_9ae9f2172a786b372023-04-13 · +6dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 78d gap

Oregon State AGbd_01aaa01480a1e00b2023-04-14 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0c9b16de08be41bb2023-04-14 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_48c445e8e34473fd2023-04-14 · +7dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_c7e1cad9d4df49212023-04-14 · +7dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_edd346b972acb4e02023-04-14 · +7dVerified
SEC 8-Kbd_930c9d1e16f8cabc2023-01-19 · +78dCandidate

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: YUM! Brands, Inc.
norm: yum brands

Name: YUM! Brands, Inc.
norm: yum brands
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 13, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 13, 2023 – Jan 14, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 6, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,220state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birthHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement authorities

During the incident: Took steps to lock down impacted systems
Notified federal law enforcement authorities
Worked with leading digital forensics and restoration teams to investigate and recover from the incident
Deployed enhanced 24/7 detection and monitoring technology
Changes made: Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services for 2 years via IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

SEC 8-KJan 19 · first

Maine State AG+78d

Washington State AG+78d · this page

California State AG+84d

New Hampshire State AG+84d

South Carolina State AG+84d

Oregon State AG+85d

Massachusetts State AG+85d

Montana State AG+85d

Indiana State AG+85d

Delaware State AG+85d

Pattern: first filing Jan 19, last Apr 14 (DE) — a 85-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA20594.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2023
Raw hash: ca7b18b56b196c73300f9a75f1821140b1d89507f9b795a18e91a9b258300078

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityYUM! Brands, Inc.

Victim entityYUM! Brands, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 13, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to lock down impacted systems

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com