HackingTelecom & MediaInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 5, 2024

Filed

Oct 10, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. →7 incidents on file

Verizon Communications, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data security issue involving a retail agent's server accessed by an unauthorized party on September 5, 2024. Affected data included names, phone numbers, products purchased, and Social Security numbers. Verizon investigated, found no continued access, and offered two years of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Sep 5, 2024

Discovered

Oct 10, 2024

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
norm: verizon communications
Domain: verizon.com

Name: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
norm: verizon communications
Domain: verizon.com
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Sep 5, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 1, 2024
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Investigated the issue
Retained Experian to provide identity protection and credit monitoring services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1757.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 10, 2024
Raw hash: e7ba9c30f754a812b9683524f08dc8c40fa47cb3c0436a2104669a7105bdaced

Reporting entityVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Victim entityVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 5, 2024

Stated responseInvestigated the issue

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov