MisuseTelecom & MediaInformationPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

bd_642ef36a26a3df5c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 21, 2023

Filed

Feb 9, 2024

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

342state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. →7 incidents on file

Verizon Communications Inc. notified the NH AG that an employee accessed unauthorized employee personal data around Sept 21, 2023. 342 NH employees affected. No evidence of misuse. Verizon provided credit monitoring and is enhancing technical controls.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 141 days

Sep 21, 2023

Begins

Sep 21, 2023

Discovered

Feb 9, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_8da2371e7ec01ba02024-02-08 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_7a44a576e87f1f902024-02-07 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_16959dd3e705d5c42024-02-06 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_14288f881a8c3e8a2024-02-05 · +4dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 8d gap

Maine State AGbd_575a4bfa6462a3d12024-02-05 · +4dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_eed9a39941dfce672024-02-05 · +4dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_008565468f71a78b2024-02-01 · +8dCandidate

Name: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
norm: verizon communications
Domain: verizon.com

Name: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
norm: verizon communications
Domain: verizon.com
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Sep 21, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 21, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 7, 2024
Affected individuals: 342state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Conducted a review of the relevant file to determine the types of information that were impacted
Notifying applicable regulators about the matter
Arranged to provide those employees with credit monitoring and identity protection services at no cost to them
Changes made: Working to ensure its technical controls are enhanced to help prevent this type of situation from reoccurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(141 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGFeb 1 · first

California State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Indiana State AG+6d

Vermont State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (IL), last Feb 9 (NH) — a 8-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/verizon-communications-20240209.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 9, 2024
Raw hash: 3cc955b46be4b41bd9810401970dc9dac318432c04d32df85f1e740b2d453614

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Victim entityVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 21, 2023

Stated responseConducted a review of the relevant file to determine the types of information that were impacted

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov