HackingTelecom & MediaInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

California-Oregon Telecommunications Company

bd_8c95589053e23e72 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 5, 2022

Filed

Apr 4, 2023

To disclose

39 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for California-Oregon Telecommunications Company →

Cal-Ore Telecommunications Company notified the California Attorney General of a security incident where unauthorized access occurred between June 16 and July 5, 2022. The company became aware of the incident on July 5, 2022. Investigation confirmed that some files may have been removed without authorization. Affected data includes names and other personal information. The company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and is offering credit monitoring services.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 5, 2022 → Notified Jan 30, 2023209d ✗ CA 60-day late39 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days

discovery → filing · 39 weeks / 273 days

Jun 16, 2022

Begins

Jul 5, 2022

Discovered

Apr 4, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitehivebd_82eb63ef1fba455c2022-09-06 · +209dCandidate

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_563a729c0c57bd262023-04-04Verified by operator

Name: California-Oregon Telecommunications Company
norm: california oregon telecommunications

Name: California-Oregon Telecommunications Company
norm: california oregon telecommunications
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Jul 5, 2022
Breach occurred: Jun 16, 2022 – Jul 5, 2022
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 30, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic specialists to investigate
Notified law enforcement
Secured the Cal-Ore network
Conducted a comprehensive review of affected files with third party data specialists
Notified federal law enforcement
Providing access to credit monitoring and identity protection services through Equifax at no cost
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures related to data privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 39 weeks(273 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 209dLeak >180d
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: Jul 5, 2022
→ Notified: Jan 30, 2023
209d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 5, 2022 → Notified: Jan 30, 2023	209d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGApr 4 · first

California State AGApr 4 · 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/sb24-565123
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 4, 2023
Raw hash: be68e53254228a7ea99760b8c35dad79a72aa54aeac330cab395ce2aac7c5a78

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCalifornia-Oregon Telecommunications Company

Victim entityCalifornia-Oregon Telecommunications Company

Incidentdiscovered Jul 5, 2022

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic specialists to investigate

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov