HackingManufacturingTechnologyManufacturingCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Continental AG

bd_170f8e9c933666b4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 1, 2022

Filed

Aug 15, 2023

To disclose

13 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Continental AG →

Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. notified consumers of a cyberattack occurring July 4–August 5, 2022. Hackers gained access to IT systems, stole data including employee identity, financial, and health information, and threatened to publish it on the darknet. Continental engaged forensic experts, coordinated with the FBI, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday13 months discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 28 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 379 days

Jul 4, 2022

Begins

Aug 1, 2022

Discovered

Aug 15, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+43 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim predates this filing by 285 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_9a67e1924b63f9012022-11-03 · +285dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_94bcefd814e9f6b92023-08-15Verified
Maine State AGbd_1f28c8201f71190e2023-08-23 · +8dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_ae3ea6f655cb60d02023-08-24 · +9dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_aa99fac47ed47ab52023-08-28 · +13dVerified by operator

Name: Continental AG
norm: continental
Domain: continental.com

Name: Continental AG
norm: continental
Domain: continental.com
Industry: ManufacturingllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 4, 2022 – Aug 5, 2022
Undetected for: 28 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 15, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: in close contact with the relevant authorities, including the FBIongoingcoordinationandclosecooperationwithdomesticandforeignlawenforcementauthorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removed the attackers from our systems
Conducted a comprehensive analysis of the stolen data
Checked whether information about employees is contained in the data records
In close contact with the relevant authorities, including the FBI
Technicalsecuritymeasuresweretakendesignedtopreventfurtheraccesstoorencryptionofoursystems
Darkwebisbeingactivelymonitoredregardingpotentialpublicationoftheaffecteddata
Leadingexperts,particularlyinthefieldsofcybersecurityandforensics,havebeenengagedtofullyinvestigatethisincident
Ongoingcoordinationandclosecooperationwithdomesticandforeignlawenforcementauthorities
Affectedemployeedatahasbeenthoroughlyreviewedwithregardtoitscriticality
Processesforchangingbankandaccountdatahavebeenadapted
Arrangedforyoutoenroll,atnocosttoyou,inanonlinecreditmonitoringservicefor24months
Changes made: Technicalsecuritymeasuresweretakendesignedtopreventfurtheraccesstoorencryptionofoursystems
Leadingexperts,particularlyinthefieldsofcybersecurityandforensics,havebeenengagedtofullyinvestigatethisincident
Processesforchangingbankandaccountdatahavebeenadapted
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(379 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGAug 15 · first

Vermont State AGAug 15 · first · this page

Maine State AG+8d

New Hampshire State AG+9d

Massachusetts State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Aug 15 (IN), last Aug 28 (MA) — a 13-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-08-15-continental-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 15, 2023
Raw hash: 73022872e8fb907ea039deb24258aa4317d000d47143c2c541a0e5e6911c056a

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityContinental AG

Victim entityContinental AG

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2022

Stated responseRemoved the attackers from our systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov