MalwareHospitalityHospitalityRansomwareData ExfiltratedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)PCILowActive

Brinker International, Inc.

bd_a82baac3ee11c129 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 11, 2018

Filed

May 18, 2018

To disclose

7 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Brinker International, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Brinker International (Chili's) reported a malware incident affecting payment card data at certain restaurants between March and April 2018. Discovered May 11, 2018, the company engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and provided credit monitoring. The number of affected individuals is currently unknown.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 71 days

discovery → filing · 7 days

Mar 1, 2018

Begins

May 11, 2018

Discovered

May 18, 2018

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_139b47a6cdc629a52018-05-18Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_e5cbf4dfc3b877672018-05-18Verified
Montana State AGbd_f0a4501e416696002018-05-18Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4bf71a3b6beef6872018-05-21 · +3dVerified

Name: Jackson Lewis
norm: jackson lewis
Domain: jacksonlewis.com

Name: Brinker International, Inc.
norm: brinker international
Domain: brinker.com
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: May 11, 2018
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2018 – Apr 1, 2018
Undetected for: 71 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 12, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial account
Data elements: Financial account numberName
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of Attorney General

During the incident: Activated its response plan
Working with third-party forensic experts
Law enforcement has been notified
Disabled/removed the malware and blocked known malicious outbound traffic
Deployed updated and new monitoring and detection tools
Deployed a sophisticated endpoint monitoring system
Accelerated installation of application whitelisting software
Provided notice to affected individuals via its website
Issued a press release
Providing additional notice via state-wide media
Provided notice through various social media channels
Providing affected persons with ID theft resolution and credit monitoring services at no cost
Established a dedicated call center
Changes made: Deployed updated and new monitoring and detection tools
Deployed a sophisticated endpoint monitoring system to identify malware
Accelerated installation of application whitelisting software
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 days(7 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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California State AGMay 18 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 18 · first

Montana State AGMay 18 · first

Washington State AGMay 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/BreachM9574.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 18, 2018
Raw hash: 0fec98449124b98c5ac96af21df54ee8168b20d4d750ef0785171ec650c95e45

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJackson Lewis

Victim entityBrinker International, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 11, 2018

Stated responseActivated its response plan

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com