DisclosureLens
HackingTelecom & MediaInformationCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Windstream Holdings II, LLC

bd_2bb6bdb58b9d1751 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 23, 2020

Filed

Nov 18, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Windstream Holdings II, LLC →

Windstream Holdings II, LLC reported that an unauthorized party gained access to internal systems between July 11, 2020, and August 23, 2020. The company engaged a cybersecurity firm and notified federal law enforcement. Personal information, including basic identity data, may have been obtained. Windstream implemented additional security measures and offered two years of identity monitoring to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

undetected · 43 days
discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 87 days

Jul 11, 2020

Begins

Aug 23, 2020

Discovered

Nov 18, 2020

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 1d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGNov 18 · first
Washington State AGNov 18 · first
Massachusetts State AGNov 18 · first
Maine State AGNov 18 · first
Indiana State AGNov 18 · first
California State AGNov 18 · first · this page

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.