Social EngineeringTransportation & LogisticsTransportationPhishingData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

YRC Worldwide

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 24, 2018

Filed

Sep 21, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

22state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for YRC Worldwide →

YRC Worldwide notified employees of a phishing attack on July 24, 2018, which led to unauthorized access to email accounts and exfiltration of names and SSNs. YRC engaged forensic investigators and law enforcement, and offered two years of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Jul 24, 2018

Begins

Jul 24, 2018

Discovered

Sep 21, 2018

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2c88af36935a695b2018-09-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_89e1099caaa5df032018-09-21Verified
California State AGbd_d2314330876500272018-09-21Verified

Name: YRC Worldwide
norm: yrc worldwide

Name: YRC Worldwide
norm: yrc worldwide
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Jul 24, 2018
Breach occurred: Jul 24, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 21, 2018
Affected individuals: 22state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: contacted law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Contacted law enforcement
Engaged a leading forensic investigation firm
Undertook enhancements to its already robust IT systems to block potential e-mail exploitation
Engaged multiple forensic teams, other cybersecurity experts, and law enforcement officers
Changes made: Offering two years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 21 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 21 · first

California State AGSep 21 · first

Montana State AGSep 21 · 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/YRC-Worldwide.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 21, 2018
Raw hash: 121894cb3a2270b8fddf01181f93405ef7d2e2e35c6a1dc09b5619437ef2f389

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityYRC Worldwide

Victim entityYRC Worldwide

Incidentdiscovered Jul 24, 2018

Stated responseContacted law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov