HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)EmploymentLowResolved

Avid Technology, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 24, 2018

Filed

Dec 24, 2019

To disclose

15 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Avid Technology, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Avid Technology, Inc. disclosed unauthorized access to employee email accounts via a forwarding rule established between October 8-12, 2018. Suspicious activity was first identified on September 24, 2018. The incident potentially exposed personal information of individuals who communicated with the affected employees. Avid secured the accounts, conducted a review, and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 24, 2018 → Notified Jun 5, 2019254d ✗ CA 60-day late15 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

Oct 8, 2018

Begins

Dec 24, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+46 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Avid Technology, Inc.
norm: avid technology
Domain: avid.com

Name: Avid Technology, Inc.
norm: avid technology
Domain: avid.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Sep 24, 2018
Breach occurred: Oct 8, 2018 – Oct 12, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 5, 2019
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified required state regulators about this incident
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Took steps to secure the email accounts
Conducted a thorough review of the impacted accounts
Implemented additional security measures to reduce the likelihood of a similar incident
Offering access to complimentary two (2) years of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to reduce the likelihood of a similar incident from happening in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(456 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 254d
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: Sep 24, 2018
→ Notified: Jun 5, 2019
254d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 24, 2018 → Notified: Jun 5, 2019	254d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-185408
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 24, 2019
Raw hash: 5b1d6b8c1ba9ed543a2befe62b5191c82760405ed6d0c88d427bc12f071b11f9

Reporting entityAvid Technology, Inc.

Victim entityAvid Technology, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 24, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov