HackingTelecom & MediaInformationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Superior Communications, Inc

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 12, 2023

Filed

Feb 15, 2024

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Superior Communications, Inc →

Superior Communications, Inc. notified the California Attorney General of a data security incident. On July 12, 2023, the company experienced a network disruption and discovered that certain files may have been acquired without authorization on or about July 9, 2023. The investigation confirmed on January 24, 2024, that personal information, including names, may have been involved. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, notified the FBI, and is offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals. No evidence of misuse was found.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 12, 2023 → Notified Feb 14, 2024217d ✗ CA 60-day late31 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 218 days

Jul 9, 2023

Begins

Jul 12, 2023

Discovered

Feb 15, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitealphvbd_ea5d8d746a0c65e42023-08-28 · +171dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_e15b6373292d52062024-02-15Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_920ac04bd468f6f12024-02-16 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_7e1435729191b20d2024-02-14 · +1dCandidate

Name: Superior Communications, Inc
norm: superior communications
Domain: superiorcommunications.com

Name: Superior Communications, Inc
norm: superior communications
Domain: superiorcommunications.com
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Jul 12, 2023
Breach occurred: Jul 9, 2023
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 14, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network environment
Engaged cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Engaged a third-party vendor to conduct a comprehensive review of the potentially affected data
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering 12/24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(218 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 217dLeak >90d
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: Jul 12, 2023
→ Notified: Feb 14, 2024
217d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 12, 2023 → Notified: Feb 14, 2024	217d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGFeb 14 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

California State AG+1d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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/sb24-581048
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 15, 2024
Raw hash: c8df30f1fbca0e57babb16520e0a7ec1b8d55f800f491f6d4c1fede1204fa812

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySuperior Communications, Inc

Victim entitySuperior Communications, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Jul 12, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network environment

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov