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MalwareTechnologyManufacturingInformationRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

Canon U.S.A., Inc.

bd_4175ed66eb6f67f4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 4, 2020

Filed

Nov 25, 2020

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Canon U.S.A., Inc.2 incidents on file

Canon U.S.A., Inc. disclosed a ransomware incident identified on August 4, 2020, involving unauthorized access to file servers between July 20 and August 6, 2020. The breach affected current and former employees (2005-2020) and their beneficiaries, exposing names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account numbers, and dates of birth. Canon engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days
discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 113 days

Jul 20, 2020

Begins

Aug 4, 2020

Discovered

Nov 25, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 5d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGNov 25 · first
Oregon State AGNov 25 · first
Indiana State AGNov 25 · first
Maine State AGNov 25 · first
California State AGNov 25 · first
Montana State AGNov 25 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 25 (MA), last Nov 30 (NH) — a 5-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.