HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedCredentialsLowContained

ZYNGA INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 31, 2019

Filed

Sep 30, 2019

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for ZYNGA INC. →

Zynga disclosed that outside hackers illegally accessed player account information on or about August 31, 2019. The compromised data included Zynga usernames and passwords. No financial information or social security numbers were accessed. Zynga engaged third-party forensics, notified law enforcement, and took steps to protect accounts from invalid logins.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 31, 2019 → Notified Sep 30, 201930d ✓ CA 60-day OK4 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Aug 31, 2019

Begins

Aug 31, 2019

Discovered

Sep 30, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_a628726d316cc41f2019-08-31 · +30dCandidate

Name: ZYNGA INC.
norm: zynga

Name: ZYNGA INC.
norm: zynga
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Aug 31, 2019
Breach occurred: Aug 31, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 30, 2019
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: An investigation, supported by leading third-party forensics firms, was immediately commenced
Taken steps to protect users’ accounts from invalid logins
Notified law enforcement of the incident
Taken steps to further enhance the security of its systems that contain personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 30d
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: Aug 31, 2019
→ Notified: Sep 30, 2019
30d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 31, 2019 → Notified: Sep 30, 2019	30d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Delaware State AGAug 31 · first

California State AG+30d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 31 (DE), last Sep 30 (CA) — a 30-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-150949
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 30, 2019
Raw hash: ce50243afa98d41f8c16b4575832da9dc3cee4680355fd6e18594378624ea50a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityZYNGA INC.

Victim entityZYNGA INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 31, 2019

Stated responseAn investigation, supported by leading third-party forensics firms, was immediately commenced

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov