HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 6, 2019

Filed

Apr 29, 2019

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. →2 incidents on file

Citrix Systems disclosed that international cyber criminals gained intermittent access to its internal network between October 13, 2018, and March 8, 2019. The FBI informed Citrix of the breach on March 6, 2019. The attackers removed files containing personal information of current and former employees, including names, Social Security numbers, and financial information. Citrix engaged forensic firms, contained the threat, and is offering credit monitoring services.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 6, 2019 → Notified Apr 29, 201954d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 144 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

Oct 13, 2018

Begins

Mar 6, 2019

Discovered

Apr 29, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1596488bc59a7f4e2019-04-29Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_33705d2dc689cf652019-04-30 · +1dVerified

Name: CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
norm: citrix systems
Domain: citrix.com

Name: CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
norm: citrix systems
Domain: citrix.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Mar 6, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 13, 2018 – Mar 8, 2019
Undetected for: 144 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 29, 2019
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the FBICooperating with the FBI in connection with their investigation

During the incident: Engaged leading cyber security firms to assist our internal team with its forensic investigation
Cooperating with the FBI in connection with their investigation of the cyber criminals
Taken measures that we believe are designed to remove the cyber criminals’ access to our systems
Monitoring for signs of further activity or compromise
Providing resources, explained in this letter, to help protect against potential misuse of your information
Changes made: Introduced measures to expel the cyber criminals from its systems
Taken steps to address issues that could have contributed to this situation
Investing in resources and technology to improve our internal security going forward
Conducting a comprehensive review of our security and evaluating next steps
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 54d
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 6, 2019
→ Notified: Apr 29, 2019
54d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 6, 2019 → Notified: Apr 29, 2019	54d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGApr 29 · first

California State AGApr 29 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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/sb24-146736
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 29, 2019
Raw hash: 1b45a70f84c464c30c599061bb5471563e1797c98415af5a57bcead3e3ce3a5e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

Victim entityCITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 6, 2019

Stated responseEngaged leading cyber security firms to assist our internal team with its forensic investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov