MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 23, 2021

Filed

Aug 5, 2022

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

648state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY →4 incidents on file

R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD) reported a cybersecurity incident to the Washington AG. A threat actor affiliated with a foreign ransomware group gained access via phishing on Nov 29, 2021. RRD discovered the intrusion on Dec 23, 2021. Data exfiltrated included employee PII (names, SSNs, DOB, driver's licenses). RRD notified 648 Washington residents starting Aug 5, 2022, offering credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d32 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 24 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 225 days

Nov 29, 2021

Begins

Dec 23, 2021

Discovered

Aug 5, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_66fb31422f1bc2052022-08-05Verified
Maine State AGbd_760b4e8f624e3a4a2022-08-05Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_98384faf5599ea802022-08-05Verified
California State AGbd_e3a6311fd6e41e1e2022-08-05Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_fe796488c30af4952022-08-04 · +1dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_abcd975f531e97e72022-08-08 · +3dVerified

Name: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
norm: r r donnelley sons

Name: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
norm: r r donnelley sons
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 23, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 29, 2021
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 5, 2022
Affected individuals: 648state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General's OfficeNotified and is working with appropriate law enforcement authorities
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Activating its incident response protocols
Shutting down its servers and systems
Commencing a forensic investigation
Notified and is working with appropriate law enforcement authorities
Enriched its monitoring and analysis capabilities
Offered complimentary credit monitoring through Experian
Changes made: Enriched its monitoring and analysis capabilities to combat future cyber threats
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(225 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 4 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d · this page

South Carolina State AG+4d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM13645.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 5, 2022
Raw hash: ba9d4bbe76d2551b34d4b84d3c7a715c67413a9db52e2fd157efe7b91a20df7c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityR. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY

Victim entityR. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Dec 23, 2021

Stated responseActivating its incident response protocols

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com