PhysicalTransportation & LogisticsTransportationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Continental Airlines

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 2, 2009

Filed

Jan 12, 2009

To disclose

10 days

Affected · nationwide

2302 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Continental Airlines →

Continental Airlines reported the theft of a laptop containing personal data (SSNs, names, DOBs, fingerprints) of 230 individuals (2 NH residents). The incident occurred between Dec 31, 2008, and Jan 2, 2009, and was discovered on Jan 2, 2009. Continental engaged Kroll Inc. for credit monitoring and identity theft services for affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 10 days

Dec 31, 2008

Begins

Jan 2, 2009

Discovered

Jan 12, 2009

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed230 affectedView incident

Name: Continental Airlines
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Name: Continental Airlines
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Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Jan 2, 2009
Breach occurred: Dec 31, 2008 – Jan 2, 2009
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 230state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: A police report has been filed with the Port Authority police
Engaged Kroll Inc. to advise and provide ID TheftSmart service
Strengthening security measures
Changes made: Strengthening security measures to provide greater protection
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration through Kroll Inc.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 days(10 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/continental-airlines-20090102.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 12, 2009
Raw hash: eeb6ad265a22d1df0c3120138b12634efd76ec0542492049564762d2cf63d826

Reporting entityContinental Airlines

Victim entityContinental Airlines

Incidentdiscovered Jan 2, 2009

Stated responseA police report has been filed with the Port Authority police

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov