MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedMulti-Stage ChainPCIFinancial accountLowActive

THE WENDY'S COMPANY

bd_763a56d30d1b3fbf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 1, 2016

Filed

Jul 7, 2016

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Wendy's filed a supplemental notice in Montana regarding malicious cyber activity targeting payment card data at franchisee POS systems. The attack exploited compromised service provider credentials to deploy malware starting in late fall 2015. Wendy's disabled the malware and is offering fraud consultation services. Investigation is ongoing.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 123 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 157 days

Oct 1, 2015

Begins

Feb 1, 2016

Discovered

Jul 7, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_0cb8339e139fc8ed2016-07-07Verified
California State AGbd_d08b42b228651f102016-07-07Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ed7785031971f8aa2016-07-05 · +2dVerified

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: Feb 1, 2016
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2015
Undetected for: 123 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 7, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid AccountsT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified U.S. federal law enforcement
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Worked with third-party forensic experts
Worked with U.S. federal law enforcement
Disabled malware on POS systems
Offered one year of complimentary fraud consultation and identity restoration services
Changes made: Strengthen data security measures
Applied learnings from incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(157 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 5 · first

South Carolina State AG+2d

California State AG+2d

Montana State AG+2d · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Wendys.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 7, 2016
Raw hash: 31b7c2ee7ba2acaec3e26d7940cbb967c2fa56b11ff9cdf5b3bf6947279d743f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE WENDY'S COMPANY

Victim entityTHE WENDY'S COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2016

Stated responseWorked with third-party forensic experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov