Social EngineeringTelecom & MediaInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

Gannett Company, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 30, 2017

Filed

Apr 28, 2017

To disclose

29 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Gannett Company, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Gannett Company, Inc. disclosed a phishing attack targeting HR department employees, compromising Office 365 credentials. The attacker sent further phishing emails and attempted a fraudulent wire transfer, which was unsuccessful. Potential exposure included employee PII, SSNs, bank account numbers, and salary information. No sensitive data acquisition was confirmed, but notice was sent out of caution. Accounts were locked, credentials reset, and forensic investigation confirmed no other systems were impacted.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 30, 2017 → Notified Apr 28, 201729d ✓ CA 60-day OK29 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Mar 28, 2017

Begins

Mar 30, 2017

Discovered

Apr 28, 2017

Filed

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

Montana State AGbd_2f5e4908de2fddea2017-04-28Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_61e7bc23c2170e6b2017-04-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b7d86566afd376bf2017-04-28Verified

Name: Gannett Company, Inc.
norm: gannett

Name: Gannett Company, Inc.
norm: gannett
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Mar 30, 2017
Breach occurred: Mar 28, 2017
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 28, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted federal law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Locked down the impacted accounts
Alerted other Gannett employees about the phishing email
Began an investigation to understand the scope of the incident
Confirmed that other Gannett systems were unaffected
Contacted federal law enforcement
Disabled and isolated the impacted accounts
Changed the credentials for each impacted employee
Conducted a forensic investigation
Reported the incident to federal law enforcement
Changes made: Provide regular reminders and training for employees on how to spot and avoid being victimized by phishing emails
Taken security measures to strengthen our network against similar incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 29d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Mar 30, 2017
→ Notified: Apr 28, 2017
29d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 30, 2017 → Notified: Apr 28, 2017	29d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGApr 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 28 · first

California State AGApr 28 · first · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-67895
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 28, 2017
Raw hash: b025a6caa22149ff7d1d78eefbeebbe269f2a5a7f03a23b93db94ffe867be6e9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGannett Company, Inc.

Victim entityGannett Company, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 30, 2017

Stated responseLocked down the impacted accounts

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov