MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 15, 2021

Filed

Nov 15, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1,095state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN, INC. →

California Pizza Kitchen notified the Washington AG of a cyberattack discovered on September 15, 2021. The incident involved unauthorized access to files containing names and SSNs of 1,095 Washington residents. CPK secured its environment, engaged forensic specialists, and notified law enforcement. Notices were sent on November 15, 2021, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Sep 15, 2021

Discovered

Nov 15, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0c23fed7040911da2021-11-15Verified
Indiana State AGbd_166bd9caf0e7d52e2021-11-15Verified
California State AGbd_1e4f14c2e7bdf10d2021-11-15Verified
Delaware State AGbd_2e6933bb4b9254372021-11-15Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_c9cda055b2058ff62021-11-15Verified
Hawaii State AGbd_e1fd6183f92a49f42021-11-15Verified
Montana State AGbd_e7b02961512d01d52021-11-15Verified
Oregon State AGbd_f10969206be422172021-11-15Verified
Illinois State AGbd_c92fd5924423c2562021-01-01 · +318dCandidate

Name: CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN, INC.
norm: california pizza kitchen

Name: CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN, INC.
norm: california pizza kitchen
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 15, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 15, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,095state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney GeneralReported the incident to law enforcement

During the incident: Secured the environment
Engaged third-party computer specialists
Launched an investigation
Reviewed potentially impacted files
Provided notification to potentially impacted individuals
Assessed the security of CPK’s email environment
Reported the incident to law enforcement
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing security policies
Implemented additional measures to further protect against similar incidents moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Maine State AG+318d

Indiana State AG+318d

California State AG+318d

Delaware State AG+318d

Massachusetts State AG+318d

Hawaii State AG+318d

Montana State AG+318d

Oregon State AG+318d

Washington State AG+318d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Nov 15 (WA) — a 318-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA3169.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 15, 2021
Raw hash: 20b8b619054702af3042b051e27c5b15603e7a2a5ebb1484a04948a202014a68

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN, INC.

Victim entityCALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 15, 2021

Stated responseSecured the environment

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com