Social EngineeringManufacturingManufacturingPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

Brunswick Corporation

bd_45fd4ed38b73b835 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 29, 2016

Filed

May 5, 2016

To disclose

6 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Brunswick Corporation →4 incidents on file

Brunswick Corporation notified employees that on April 29, 2016, a file containing W-2 forms was mistakenly transmitted to an unauthorized recipient after an employee fell for a phishing email impersonating a company executive. The incident exposed names, addresses, SSNs, and income data. Brunswick offered 24 months of identity protection and is reviewing security policies.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 days

Apr 29, 2016

Begins

Apr 29, 2016

Discovered

May 5, 2016

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4250da52fef4757c2016-05-05Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d625a60e1ede7e3f2016-05-05Verified

Name: Brunswick Corporation
norm: brunswick
Domain: brunswick.com

Name: Brunswick Corporation
norm: brunswick
Domain: brunswick.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Apr 29, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 29, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 6, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the matter to the IRSReported to appropriate law enforcement authorities
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 24 months at no cost to you
Reviewing our security policies and employee training procedures
Offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and reporting, identity theft assistance services, and identity theft insurance
Reported the matter to the IRS and to the appropriate law enforcement authorities
Changes made: Reviewing security policies and employee training procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 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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Massachusetts State AGMay 5 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 5 · first

Montana State AGMay 5 · first · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Brunswick-Corporation.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 5, 2016
Raw hash: 4b9253b6b40a310d324981f19ce4e9046f9a00b1ec03237feae7ae6430414859

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBrunswick Corporation

Victim entityBrunswick Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Apr 29, 2016

Stated responseArranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 24 months at no cost to you

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov