Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingBECRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumResolved

Cincinnati Reds

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 6, 2018

Filed

Nov 19, 2018

To disclose

13 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Cincinnati Reds →

Cincinnati Reds notified individuals that their 2016 W-2 forms were disclosed externally in March 2017 via a criminal scheme (likely BEC/phishing). Compromised data included names, addresses, SSNs, and compensation details. Notices were sent in November 2018 offering 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 615 days

discovery → filing · 13 days

Mar 1, 2017

Begins

Nov 6, 2018

Discovered

Nov 19, 2018

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_55d0c12a7ba074e92018-11-19Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_9fe56463096047e42018-11-19Verified

Name: Cincinnati Reds
norm: cincinnati reds

Name: Cincinnati Reds
norm: cincinnati reds
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 6, 2018
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2017 – Mar 31, 2017
Undetected for: 615 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 6, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implemented additional controls over the distribution of data
Utilized updated configurations and technology to protect data
Improved training for employees
Arranged with Experian to provide two-year membership to credit monitoring product
Changes made: Implemented additional controls over the distribution of data
Utilized updated configurations and technology to protect data
Improved training for employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 days(13 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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New Hampshire State AGNov 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 19 · first

Montana State AGNov 19 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Cincinatti-Reds.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 19, 2018
Raw hash: 591a93558c96a585ddf59b507db52cf151969603d48e59a92ad9638153e16a01

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCincinnati Reds

Victim entityCincinnati Reds

Incidentdiscovered Nov 6, 2018

Stated responseImplemented additional controls over the distribution of data

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov