HackingTelecom & MediaInformationData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsEmploymentPHIHealth (basic)MediumActive

Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 24, 2014

Filed

Dec 12, 2014

To disclose

18 days

Affected

19state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sony Pictures Entertainment →

Sony Pictures Entertainment notified the NH Attorney General of a cyber attack that caused a significant system disruption on November 24, 2014. On December 1, 2014, it was discovered that personally identifiable information of former employees had been compromised and posted online. Affected data includes names, addresses, SSNs, bank account info, credit card info, credentials, compensation, and PHI. 19 former employees residing in New Hampshire were affected. Sony engaged security consultants, contacted law enforcement (FBI), and offered one year of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 days

Nov 24, 2014

Discovered

Dec 12, 2014

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a4703a3e0f8c99332014-12-12Verified
California State AGbd_208fc295defd85c22014-12-11 · +1dCandidate

Name: Sony Pictures Entertainment
norm: sony pictures entertainment
Domain: sonypictures.com

Name: Sony Pictures Entertainment
norm: sony pictures entertainment
Domain: sonypictures.com
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Nov 24, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 12, 2014
Affected individuals: 19state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsEmploymentPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau

During the incident: Took prompt action to contain the cyber attack
Contacted law enforcement
Engaged recognized security consultants to conduct an investigation
Working closely with the FBI on this matter
Offering identity protection services free of charge for one year to the potentially affected former employees
Changes made: Encouraging affected individuals to be aware of email, telephone and postal mail scams
Encouraging affected individuals to review account statements and monitor credit reports
Encouraging affected individuals to change passwords
Providing information on fraud alerts and security freezes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGDec 11 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/sony-20141212.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 12, 2014
Raw hash: 9412ca1795a4018acf8aaae975ed9d9f8dcccb590e1e19362520f4d1405abff6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySony Pictures Entertainment

Victim entitySony Pictures Entertainment

Incidentdiscovered Nov 24, 2014

Stated responseTook prompt action to contain the cyber attack

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov