HackingTechnologyTelecom & MediaInformationVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Employee Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Orange Business Services U.S., Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 17, 2022

Filed

Aug 3, 2022

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Orange Business Services U.S., Inc. →

Orange Business Services U.S., Inc. (OBS) notified California residents that an unauthorized individual accessed servers of its affiliate, Orange Silicon Valley (OSV), on January 4, 2022, by exploiting a vulnerability in a third-party firewall. OSV discovered the incident on March 17, 2022. The accessed server contained employee benefit program information, including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. OBS offered identity theft protection services to affected employees.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 17, 2022 → Notified Aug 3, 2022139d ✗ CA 60-day late20 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 72 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 139 days

Jan 4, 2022

Begins

Mar 17, 2022

Discovered

Aug 3, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_10d8d178fff3f6172022-08-03Candidate
Montana State AGbd_589827cc4fe222182022-08-03Verified
Indiana State AGbd_858590dca059b9552022-08-03Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8b3bd2bd7be8d0852022-08-03Verified

Name: Orange Business Services U.S., Inc.
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Name: Orange Business Services U.S., Inc.
norm: orange business services us
Industry: TechnologyllmTelecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Mar 17, 2022
Breach occurred: Jan 4, 2022
Undetected for: 72 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 3, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Orange Silicon Valleynonsubsidiary affiliate
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removed the firewall device from the network
Commenced an investigation to determine what happened and what information may have been accessed
Notified OBS about the security incident and the potential impact on information about OBS employees
Offering a complimentary 12/24 month membership in identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Discontinued the use of the subject firewall
Removed from their servers any data relating to employees of OBS or OBS affiliates
Implemented additional measures to enhance their security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(139 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 139d
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: Mar 17, 2022
→ Notified: Aug 3, 2022
139d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 17, 2022 → Notified: Aug 3, 2022	139d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGAug 3 · first

Montana State AGAug 3 · first

Indiana State AGAug 3 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 3 · first

California State AGAug 3 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-555934
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 3, 2022
Raw hash: 0c6b1a1e6045d64cee0e4a02109ad71cfa5833629955d2e7cf4eae0b9f9b105e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOrange Business Services U.S., Inc.

Victim entityOrange Business Services U.S., Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 17, 2022

Stated responseRemoved the firewall device from the network

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov