MalwareRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASICMediumContained
THE GEO GROUP, INC.
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Full breach record for THE GEO GROUP, INC. →The GEO Group Inc. disclosed a ransomware attack discovered on August 19, 2020, affecting employee and customer data including names, SSNs, and health information. The company severed network connections, engaged forensic investigators, and notified the FBI. Affected individuals were offered two years of Experian IdentityWorks monitoring. The breach impacted California residents.
California clockDiscovered Aug 19, 2020 → Notified Nov 3, 202076d ✗ CA 60-day late11 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
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
- bd_90155c399221de1eMontana State AGfiled 2020-11-03Verified
- bd_ec4ad47be937859eMaine State AGfiled 2020-11-03Verified
- bd_51962359c517b50dHHS OCRfiled 2020-11-04(1d gap)Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-195797
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Nov 3, 2020
- Raw hash
- d4dd4d4e2cb403bd8526bb166f51f457639ca9b1c4aada27075db6a7fd110612
Reporting entity
- Name
- THE GEO GROUP, INC.norm: the geo
- Domain
- geogroup.com
Victim entity
- Name
- THE GEO GROUP, INC.norm: the geo
- Domain
- geogroup.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Aug 19, 2020
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Nov 3, 2020
- Affected individuals
- Not disclosed
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Ransomware
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1119 Automated Collection
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- reported the incident to, and is working closely with, the appropriate law enforcement authorities, including the FBI
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 11 weeks(76 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- CA 60-day late · 76d
- Discovery-date grounding
- unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status California Discovered: Aug 19, 2020→ Notified: Nov 3, 202076d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.