DisclosureLens
AccidentalTechnologyInformationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)CredentialsAuthenticationEmploymentEducationLowResolved

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 25, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. →6 incidents on file

Cisco Systems disclosed that job application data was exposed on its Professional Careers mobile website due to an incorrect security setting on a third-party host. The misconfiguration occurred in two windows: August-September 2015 and July-August 2016. Exposed data included names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, usernames, passwords, security question answers, resumes, and voluntary demographic info. Cisco corrected the setting, reset passwords, and required users to reset credentials. No unauthorized access beyond the reporting researcher was confirmed, though anomalous connections were noted.

Incident timeline

Aug 1, 2015

Begins

Oct 25, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

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.