MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsSkimmerCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedMulti-Stage ChainPCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

COTTI FOODS CALIFORNIA, INC.

bd_0bc2b41d1115b93c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 1, 2016

Filed

Jul 7, 2016

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for COTTI FOODS CALIFORNIA, INC. →

Cotti Foods California, Inc. (Wendy's) reported a breach involving malware deployed on point-of-sale systems at franchisee locations. The attack resulted from compromised remote access credentials of a service provider, allowing attackers to install malware that captured payment card data (cardholder name, card number, expiration date, CVV, service code) between December 2, 2015, and June 28, 2016. Wendy's disabled the malware and offered one year of fraud consultation and identity restoration services to affected customers.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 61 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 157 days

Dec 2, 2015

Begins

Feb 1, 2016

Discovered

Jul 7, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Name: COTTI FOODS CALIFORNIA, INC.
norm: cotti foods california

Name: COTTI FOODS CALIFORNIA, INC.
norm: cotti foods california
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2016
Breach occurred: Dec 2, 2015 – Jun 28, 2016
Undetected for: 61 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 7, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement
Third party: via Service Provider
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Worked with third-party forensic experts and federal law enforcement on this investigation
Disabled malware in all franchisee restaurants where it has been discovered
Offered one year of complimentary fraud consultation and identity restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Further strengthen data security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(157 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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/sb24-62713
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 7, 2016
Raw hash: 3324aefeb37a4054eaf617aaa469df924566f95e5e225d3b8267f2cadd8d7d4c

Reporting entityCOTTI FOODS CALIFORNIA, INC.

Victim entityCOTTI FOODS CALIFORNIA, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2016

Stated responseWorked with third-party forensic experts and federal law enforcement on this investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov