HackingHealthcareRetail & ConsumerHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumActive

THE WENDY'S COMPANY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 29, 2015

Filed

Mar 3, 2015

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for THE WENDY'S COMPANY →3 incidents on file

Wendy's (via third-party plan administrator Anthem) notified NH DOJ of a cyber attack on Anthem's systems. Attack occurred starting Dec 10, 2014; discovered Jan 29, 2015. Data accessed included names, SSNs, DOBs, health IDs, addresses, emails, and employment/income data. Wendy's is a sponsor of the ERISA plan; Anthem is the custodian. Wendy's has not yet received the affected member list from Anthem.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 50 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Dec 10, 2014

Begins

Jan 29, 2015

Discovered

Mar 3, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Part of ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC. supply-chain incident (2015) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

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

Name: Alston & Bird LLP
norm: alston bird

Name: THE WENDY'S COMPANY
norm: the wendy s
Industry: HealthcarellmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 29, 2015
Breach occurred: Dec 10, 2014
Undetected for: 50 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Anthem previously notified this office of the incident in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 359-C:19 — 359-C:21
Third party: via Anthem, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Contacted the FBI
Fully cooperating with the FBI’s investigation
Retained Mandiant... to assist us in our investigation
Working to close the security vulnerability
Changes made: Working to close the security vulnerability
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 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-20150303.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 3, 2015
Raw hash: fb13ba5b6bf83cbb522d2f8a2acb599bb1ab744f79fcff934123ac9f563f0a79

Reporting entityAlston & Bird LLP

Victim entityTHE WENDY'S COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Jan 29, 2015

Stated responseContacted the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov