HackingOtherStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

CP Franchising, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 2, 2015

Filed

Feb 25, 2015

To disclose

23 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for CP Franchising, LLC →

CP Franchising, LLC experienced an unauthorized access incident on January 30, 2015, discovered on February 2, 2015. An external actor inserted malicious code to access encrypted data, potentially compromising client and franchisee PII, including names, addresses, credit card numbers, SSNs, and passport numbers. The company contained the incident, removed the code, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of credit monitoring via Experian.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 2, 2015 → Notified Feb 20, 201518d ✓ CA 60-day OK23 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

Jan 30, 2015

Begins

Feb 2, 2015

Discovered

Feb 25, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_90ed122f89099b872015-02-25Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_e92e9b735c93d50e2015-03-04 · +7dVerified

Name: CP Franchising, LLC
norm: cp franchising

Name: CP Franchising, LLC
norm: cp franchising
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Feb 2, 2015
Breach occurred: Jan 30, 2015
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 20, 2015
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Communicated with the FBI and local law enforcementNotifying state attorneys general and other regulators

During the incident: Communicated with the FBI and local law enforcement
Notifying state attorneys general and other regulators
Removed malicious code
Terminated hacker's access
Engaged Experian to offer complimentary Fraud Resolution and identity protection for one year
Working with IT security professionals to evaluate systems and security and provide ongoing monitoring and auditing
Changes made: Working with IT security professionals to evaluate systems and security and provide ongoing monitoring and auditing
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 18d
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: Feb 2, 2015
→ Notified: Feb 20, 2015
18d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 2, 2015 → Notified: Feb 20, 2015	18d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 25 · first

California State AGFeb 25 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Feb 25 (NH), last Mar 4 (SC) — 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/sb24-48518
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 25, 2015
Raw hash: 43c3a26211ff903d939d21127d75f4569832bf90f49b3ad2d181fd5a85d83e7b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCP Franchising, LLC

Victim entityCP Franchising, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 2, 2015

Stated responseCommunicated with the FBI and local law enforcement

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov