ABB
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Full breach record for ABB →2 incidents on fileABB, Inc. notified the California Attorney General of a data breach occurring on August 25, 2017. A hacker sent a phishing email to ABB employees, resulting in suspicious login activity on an employee's email account. The compromised account may have contained personal information for employees and dependents, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, medical records, and direct deposit information. ABB conducted an assessment, monitored the situation, and offered one year of identity monitoring services through Kroll. No specific evidence of data access or misuse was found at the time of notification.
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Incident timeline
Aug 25, 2017
Begins
Aug 25, 2017
Discovered
Sep 11, 2017
Filed
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16 wks faster
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap
- New Hampshire State AGbd_c71bd5c692d2dea72017-09-11Verified
- Massachusetts State AGbd_f813098da8386b762017-09-11Verified
- South Carolina State AGbd_6b90897c6f9b02812017-09-12 · +1dVerified
- Montana State AGbd_9956c249d34e54fe2017-09-18 · +7dCandidate
Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Sep 11 (NH), last Sep 18 (MT) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.