MisuseManufacturingTechnologyManufacturingData MishandlingEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

THE BOEING COMPANY

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 9, 2017

Filed

Feb 8, 2017

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

36,0007,288 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for THE BOEING COMPANY →11 incidents on file

The Boeing Company reported an insider incident where an employee inadvertently emailed a spreadsheet containing PII of 36,000 employees to his spouse on Nov 21, 2016. Discovered Jan 9, 2017. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs. Notices sent Feb 8, 2017. 7,288 WA residents affected. Remediation included forensic checks and employee training.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 49 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Nov 21, 2016

Begins

Jan 9, 2017

Discovered

Feb 8, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 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

California State AGbd_43cdca21a989be6a2017-02-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b2c6e0349c34fc1a2017-02-08Verified

Name: THE BOEING COMPANY
norm: the boeing

Name: THE BOEING COMPANY
norm: the boeing
Industry: ManufacturingllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jan 9, 2017
Breach occurred: Nov 21, 2016
Undetected for: 49 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 8, 2017
Affected individuals: 36,000state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birthSocial Security numberName
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Forensic examination of both the Boeing employee’s computer and the spouse’s computer to confirm that any copies of the spreadsheet have been deleted
Offering a complimentary two-year membership of Experian’s ProtectMyID Elite
Changes made: Require additional training on the proper handling of personal information
Examining additional controls to further protect personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGFeb 8 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 8 · first

Washington State AGFeb 8 · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9665.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 8, 2017
Raw hash: 90326baa067a8eee770b549ac4bd432f81f0b70e27e9fd95cdfa256219769c7c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE BOEING COMPANY

Victim entityTHE BOEING COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Jan 9, 2017

Stated responseForensic examination of both the Boeing employee’s computer and the spouse’s computer to confirm that any copies of the spreadsheet have been deleted

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com