PhysicalRetail & ConsumerRetailTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentHighContained

THE WENDY'S COMPANY

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 3, 2007

Filed

Dec 21, 2007

To disclose

18 days

Affected · nationwide

1,0923 in this filing

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for THE WENDY'S COMPANY →5 incidents on file

Wendy's International reported the theft of a company-issued laptop from an employee's residence in a car burglary on Dec 1, 2007. The laptop contained PII (SSN, salary, etc.) of ~1,092 employees. Wendy's notified law enforcement, retained TransUnion for credit monitoring, and mailed notices to affected individuals on Dec 21, 2007.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Dec 1, 2007

Begins

Dec 3, 2007

Discovered

Dec 21, 2007

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,092 affectedView incident

Name: THE WENDY'S COMPANY
norm: the wendy s
Domain: wendys.com

Name: THE WENDY'S COMPANY
norm: the wendy s
Domain: wendys.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 3, 2007
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2007
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 21, 2007
Affected individuals: 1,092state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralFiled a police report with state law enforcement

During the incident: Ensured that law enforcement was informed
Determined what information had been compromised
Obtained authorization from law enforcement to release notice to the affected employees
Retained TransUnion to provide credit monitoring services
Filed a police report with state law enforcement
Cooperating with their investigation
Changes made: Determining internally whether having that data on the laptop was consistent with Wendy’s data security policies and exceptions
Reviewing data security policies to see if changes are advisable to help avoid future incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/wendys-20071221.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 21, 2007
Raw hash: 1117c7486309bced27dd25445e693772926f1d7e16ba28a1af21b7db6dfe723a

Reporting entityTHE WENDY'S COMPANY

Victim entityTHE WENDY'S COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2007

Stated responseEnsured that law enforcement was informed

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov