AccidentalTechnologyInformationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Shutterstock Music Canada ULC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 29, 2016

Filed

Oct 20, 2016

To disclose

21 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Shutterstock Music Canada ULC →

Shutterstock Music Canada ULC d/b/a PremiumBeat discovered a security bug in third-party software on September 29, 2016, resulting in unauthorized access to user information. The incident exposed names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and encrypted passwords. The company locked affected accounts, requested password resets, and hardened security measures. No financial data was stored or compromised.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 29, 2016 → Notified Oct 4, 20165d ✓ CA 60-day OK21 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 days

Sep 29, 2016

Begins

Sep 29, 2016

Discovered

Oct 20, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Shutterstock Music Canada ULC
norm: shutterstock music canada ulc
Domain: premiumbeat.com

Name: Shutterstock Music Canada ULC
norm: shutterstock music canada ulc
Domain: premiumbeat.com
Also named: Shutterstock Music Canada ULCdba oflegal entity
PremiumBeatdba oftrade name
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Sep 29, 2016
Breach occurred: Sep 29, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 4, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Third party software provider
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately investigated the incident
Locked affected user accounts
Requested users to login and create a new permanent password
Hardened security and improved encryption
Changes made: Hardened security and improved encryption to help prevent such an event in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 5d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Sep 29, 2016
→ Notified: Oct 4, 2016
5d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 29, 2016 → Notified: Oct 4, 2016	5d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-64473
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 20, 2016
Raw hash: 3402f2c18c0e5abdc5a2c187e6b009aba041d3b298a77454a8859cc1477c9c25

Reporting entityShutterstock Music Canada ULC

Victim entityShutterstock Music Canada ULC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 29, 2016

Stated responseImmediately investigated the incident

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov