HackingRetail & ConsumerTransportation & LogisticsRetailVulnerability ExploitZero-DaySupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmploymentFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)CVE-2024-50623CVE-2024-55956HighContained

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 10, 2025

Filed

Apr 11, 2025

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

19,297state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for THE HERTZ CORPORATION →3 incidents on file

The Hertz Corporation notified Washington AG of a breach involving vendor Cleo Communications US LLC. An unauthorized third party exploited zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-50623, CVE-2024-55956) in Cleo's file transfer platform in Oct/Dec 2024. Hertz confirmed data acquisition on Feb 10, 2025. ~19,297 Washington residents affected. Data included names, DOB, payment card info, driver's licenses, and SSNs. Notifications began April 11, 2025, including 2 years of Kroll identity monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 132 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Oct 1, 2024

Begins

Feb 10, 2025

Discovered

Apr 11, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_2c96b0a6f7ae2ca62025-04-11Candidate
Montana State AGbd_88c1a4f18148e5ca2025-04-11Verified
California State AGbd_a4ca81d4d55c4b9b2025-04-11Verified
Delaware State AGbd_bae3ed4100ea194a2025-04-11Verified

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Nebraska State AGbd_d6a8b36608cf60032025-04-11Verified
Vermont State AGbd_f5e59707561fd35b2025-04-11Verified
Rhode Island State AGbd_82f3b7bd9ca1832e2025-04-14 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ac4d00b21e3d316a2025-04-14 · +3dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_b3aa3f6351a7be422025-04-01 · +10dVerified

Name: THE HERTZ CORPORATION
norm: the hertz

Name: THE HERTZ CORPORATION
norm: the hertz
Industry: Retail & ConsumerllmTransportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Feb 10, 2025
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
Undetected for: 132 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 11, 2025
Affected individuals: 19,297state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birthMilitary ID numberPassport numberHealth insurance ID
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney GeneralIn the process of reporting the event to relevant regulators
Third party: via Cleo Communications US LLC
Initial access: exploit_public_facing
CVE references: CVE-2024-50623 CVE-2024-55956

During the incident: Reported this event to law enforcement
Secured the services of Kroll to provide two years of identity monitoring services
Notified potentially impacted individuals via mail, email, and website notice
Changes made: Addressed identified vulnerabilities in Cleo's platform
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Illinois State AGApr 1 · first

Maine State AG+10d

Montana State AG+10d

California State AG+10d

Delaware State AG+10d

Nebraska State AG+10d

Vermont State AG+10d

Washington State AG+10d · this page

Rhode Island State AG+13d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (IL), last Apr 14 (NH) — a 13-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA33001.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 11, 2025
Raw hash: fdfbd146bb4ec5f1a183cb78dd00c708f943e6534dade904e7151025390a8788

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE HERTZ CORPORATION

Victim entityTHE HERTZ CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Feb 10, 2025

Stated responseReported this event to law enforcement

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com