Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingBECTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

Gannett Company, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 30, 2017

Filed

Apr 28, 2017

To disclose

29 days

Affected

90state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Gannett Company, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Gannett Company, Inc. notified Montana residents of a phishing attack on March 30, 2017, which compromised HR department Office 365 credentials. The attacker attempted a fraudulent wire transfer and sent further phishing emails. While no sensitive data acquisition was confirmed, employee PII (SSNs, DOBs, financial info) was potentially accessible. Gannett locked accounts, engaged law enforcement, and provided 12 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 days

Mar 30, 2017

Discovered

Apr 28, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_61e7bc23c2170e6b2017-04-28Verified
California State AGbd_7f12b327f14904e72017-04-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b7d86566afd376bf2017-04-28Verified

Name: Gannett Company, Inc.
norm: gannett

Name: Gannett Company, Inc.
norm: gannett
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Mar 30, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 28, 2017
Affected individuals: 90state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: contacted federal law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Locked down the impacted accounts
Alerted other Gannett employees about the phishing email
Began an investigation to understand the scope of the incident
Contacted federal law enforcement
Disabled and isolated the impacted accounts
Changed the credentials for each impacted employee
Conducted a forensic investigation
Reported the incident to federal law enforcement
Changes made: Provide regular reminders and training for employees on how to spot and avoid being victimized by phishing emails
Taken security measures to strengthen our network against similar incidents in the future
Offered 12 months of complimentary identity protection through AllClear ID
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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

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Massachusetts State AGApr 28 · first

California State AGApr 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 28 · first

Montana State AGApr 28 · 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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Gannett-Company-Inc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 28, 2017
Raw hash: a81579a6a618ebc0f1502fa3e4f977bbc7f97cb0865dd50be00d90ae96b1f41b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGannett Company, Inc.

Victim entityGannett Company, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 30, 2017

Stated responseLocked down the impacted accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov