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Calpine Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Feb 16, 2016

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Calpine Corporation

Calpine Corporation reported the theft of an employee's laptop containing confidential employee information, including names, Social Security Numbers, bank account and routing numbers, and payroll details. The incident occurred on February 9, 2016. The laptop was password-protected and equipped with remote wipe software. Calpine notified law enforcement and offered one year of identity protection services to affected employees.

Incident timeline

Feb 9, 2016

Begins

Feb 16, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

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.