HackingTechnologyTransportation & LogisticsInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedCredentialsIdentity (basic)LowActive

NextBus, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 18, 2015

Filed

Oct 16, 2015

To disclose

28 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for NextBus, Inc. →

NextBus, Inc. detected suspicious activity on September 18, 2015, involving an unauthorized individual gaining access to a database containing account information (usernames, emails, phone numbers, passwords) via stolen login credentials. The company disabled the compromised account, increased password strength requirements, and blocked suspect traffic. Investigation was ongoing at the time of notice.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 days

Sep 18, 2015

Discovered

Oct 16, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

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

Name: NextBus, Inc.
norm: nextbus
Domain: nextbus.com

Name: NextBus, Inc.
norm: nextbus
Domain: nextbus.com
Industry: TechnologyllmTransportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: CredentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disabled the compromised account
Increased the minimum password strength
Blocked traffic to or from any suspect Internet addresses
Requiring users to change and strengthen their passwords
Changes made: Increased the minimum password strength
Blocking traffic to or from any suspect Internet addresses
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-58315
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 16, 2015
Raw hash: 629c685a5b653d3755a008312980eb66615e8270625c9c4a8f0f84c2366a9bca

Reporting entityNextBus, Inc.

Victim entityNextBus, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2015

Stated responseDisabled the compromised account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov