MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Canon U.S.A., Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 4, 2020

Filed

Nov 30, 2020

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

57state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Canon U.S.A., Inc. →2 incidents on file

Canon U.S.A., Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware incident affecting current and former employees. Unauthorized access occurred between July 20 and August 6, 2020. Canon discovered the incident on August 4, 2020. The breach exposed employee names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, financial account numbers, and dates of birth. 57 New Hampshire residents were notified. Canon engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 118 days

Jul 20, 2020

Begins

Aug 4, 2020

Discovered

Nov 30, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4175ed66eb6f67f42020-11-25 · +5dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_52279bcc6e3c0f3e2020-11-25 · +5dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_56edf754b5e772342020-11-25 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_b2296d0bec2e160b2020-11-25 · +5dVerified

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Maine State AGbd_c755f04850c8e8362020-11-25 · +5dVerified
California State AGbd_cd9c7ef755d53ecb2020-11-25 · +5dVerified

Name: Canon U.S.A., Inc.
norm: canon usa

Name: Canon U.S.A., Inc.
norm: canon usa
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Aug 4, 2020
Breach occurred: Jul 20, 2020 – Aug 6, 2020
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 25, 2020
Affected individuals: 57state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General's Office

During the incident: Engaged a cybersecurity firm
Notified law enforcement
Mailed notification letters to 57 New Hampshire residents
Issued a press release
Posted a statement on its website
Offered a one-year membership in complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian
Established a dedicated call center
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further enhance the security of its network
Deployed endpoint detection and response tools
Engaged 24/7/365 monitoring by a third-party security operations center
Implemented additional hardening measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(118 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGNov 25 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 25 · first

Oregon State AGNov 25 · first

Indiana State AGNov 25 · first

Maine State AGNov 25 · first

California State AGNov 25 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 25 (MT), last Nov 30 (NH) — a 5-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/canon-usa-20201130.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 30, 2020
Raw hash: 3dad022ced596e551356e3c86ac2f4486711fc981996f5f399be5042f3f55005

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCanon U.S.A., Inc.

Victim entityCanon U.S.A., Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 4, 2020

Stated responseEngaged a cybersecurity firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov