HackingHospitalityHospitalityStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsHealth (basic)EmploymentHighActive

Welk Resort Group, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 4, 2017

Filed

Aug 1, 2018

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

1,034state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Welk Resort Group, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Welk Resort Group, Inc. disclosed that unauthorized actors accessed certain employee email accounts between November 29 and December 4, 2017. The company discovered unusual activity on December 4, 2017. Personal information, including names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, financial account info, and medical history, may have been present in the impacted emails. Approximately 1,034 California residents were affected. The investigation is ongoing. Welk is offering one year of credit monitoring and identity restoration services.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 4, 2017 → Notified Jul 25, 2018233d ✗ CA 60-day late34 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 240 days

Nov 29, 2017

Begins

Dec 4, 2017

Discovered

Aug 1, 2018

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5ee9f0ac46ebaa2f2018-07-25 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_77b70c1082af5fff2018-07-25 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_e646fad2217cff732018-07-25 · +7dCandidate

Name: Welk Resort Group, Inc.
norm: welk resort

Name: Welk Resort Group, Inc.
norm: welk resort
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: Dec 4, 2017
Breach occurred: Nov 29, 2017 – Dec 4, 2017
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 25, 2018
Affected individuals: 1,034state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsHealth (basic)Employment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing notice of this event to other state regulators as required by law
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately began an investigation to confirm the security of its network and determine the nature and scope of this event
Worked with third-party forensic investigators
Mailing written notice to those individuals whose data was present in the impacted emails
Offering access to one year of credit and identity monitoring services, including identity restoration services, through AllClear ID
Providing potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing notice of this event to other state regulators as required by law
Changes made: Working to enhance existing security measures
Confirming the ongoing security of its networks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(240 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 233d
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: Dec 4, 2017
→ Notified: Jul 25, 2018
233d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 4, 2017 → Notified: Jul 25, 2018	233d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 25 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 25 · first

Montana State AGJul 25 · first

California State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 25 (MA), last Aug 1 (CA) — a 7-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-138441
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 1, 2018
Raw hash: 6439df789a77d4e4cf93e5ea68fe42f328992788fcd27caa2410c87cd77feff9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWelk Resort Group, Inc.

Victim entityWelk Resort Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 4, 2017

Stated responseImmediately began an investigation to confirm the security of its network and determine the nature and scope of this event

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov