MalwareHospitalityHospitalityRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

NOODLES & COMPANY

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 17, 2016

Filed

Jun 28, 2016

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for NOODLES & COMPANY →

Noodles & Company notified Washington AG of a malware incident affecting debit/credit card data at certain locations between Jan 31 and Jun 2, 2016. Discovered May 17, 2016. Exact number of affected individuals unknown; substitute notice provided via press release. Malware removed; cooperating with Secret Service.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 107 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Jan 31, 2016

Begins

May 17, 2016

Discovered

Jun 28, 2016

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_16a39b2d89b26ecd2016-06-28Verified
California State AGbd_f067485ce8b16b952016-06-28Verified
Oregon State AGbd_592da2110490c72b2016-06-29 · +1dVerified

Name: NOODLES & COMPANY
norm: noodles
Domain: noodles.com

Name: NOODLES & COMPANY
norm: noodles
Domain: noodles.com
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: May 17, 2016
Breach occurred: Jan 31, 2016 – Jun 2, 2016
Undetected for: 107 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 28, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Financial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney GeneralProviding written notice to other state regulators and the national consumer reporting agencies

During the incident: Working with third-party forensic experts to investigate
Working with third-party forensic investigators to determine how the security compromise occurred
Working with the United States Secret Service to investigate this incident
Established a dedicated hotline for individuals to contact with questions or concerns
Providing potentially impacted individuals with helpful information on how to protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to other state regulators and the national consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Removing the malware at issue to contain this incident
Implementing additional procedures to better secure guests’ debit and credit card information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGJun 28 · first

California State AGJun 28 · first

Washington State AGJun 28 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+1d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9629.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 28, 2016
Raw hash: 4df4e2b0ae0b1b7eef5a3d422d49007b78aac383d3cb4fa447a7907e5c7dc0d0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNOODLES & COMPANY

Victim entityNOODLES & COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered May 17, 2016

Stated responseWorking with third-party forensic experts to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com