MisuseTelecom & MediaInformationPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 8, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

62%

Full breach record for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. →7 incidents on file

Verizon Communications notified consumers that on or around September 21, 2023, an employee accessed a file containing personal information without authorization. The data may include name, address, SSN, gender, union affiliation, date of birth, and compensation. Verizon enhanced technical controls and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Sep 21, 2023

Begins

Feb 8, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_642ef36a26a3df5c2024-02-09 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_7a44a576e87f1f902024-02-07 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_16959dd3e705d5c42024-02-06 · +2dVerified
California State AGbd_14288f881a8c3e8a2024-02-05 · +3dVerified

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Maine State AGbd_575a4bfa6462a3d12024-02-05 · +3dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_eed9a39941dfce672024-02-05 · +3dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_008565468f71a78b2024-02-01 · +7dCandidate

Name: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
norm: verizon communications
Domain: verizon.com

Name: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
norm: verizon communications
Domain: verizon.com
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Sep 21, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 31, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Insider
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notifying applicable regulators about the matter
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Conducted a review of the relevant file to determine the types of information that were impacted
Working to ensure our technical controls are enhanced to help prevent this type of situation from reoccurring
Notifying applicable regulators about the matter
Changes made: Enhancing technical controls to help prevent this type of situation from reoccurring
Offering identity protection and credit monitoring services for two years at no cost through Allstate Identity Protection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Illinois State AGFeb 1 · first

California State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Indiana State AG+6d

Vermont State AG+7d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (IL), last Feb 9 (NH) — a 8-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-02-08-verizon-communications-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 8, 2024
Raw hash: 8f6a7745235c6ecdec7f09f2391ab755f144bd11df2cfa4c2750c18db0a47c47

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Victim entityVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

IncidentInsider

Stated responseConducted a review of the relevant file to determine the types of information that were impacted

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov