PhysicalTechnologyInformationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Entercom Communications Corp.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 18, 2019

Filed

Jul 24, 2020

To disclose

44 weeks

Affected

2,730state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Entercom Communications Corp. →3 incidents on file

Entercom Communications Corp. filed a supplemental notice with the Washington AG regarding a data event involving the theft of an external hard drive from an employee's rental vehicle on September 18, 2019. The incident affected 2,730 Washington residents, exposing names, addresses, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account data. Entercom reported the theft to law enforcement, conducted an investigation, and provided credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d44 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 44 weeks / 310 days

Sep 18, 2019

Begins

Sep 18, 2019

Discovered

Jul 24, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

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

Indiana State AGbd_170d687d26abe2f82020-07-24Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6a616dcb896edd6a2020-07-24Verified
Montana State AGbd_e1c3452e8fe232e42020-07-24Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f44d7a316a0b18972020-07-23 · +1dVerified

Name: Entercom Communications Corp.
norm: entercom communications

Name: Entercom Communications Corp.
norm: entercom communications
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2019
Breach occurred: Sep 18, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 24, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,730state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 0dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided notice to Washington Attorney GeneralProviding notice to other state regulators

During the incident: Reported the theft to local law enforcement
Launched an internal investigation into this incident
Provided notice to affected individuals
Provided notice to appropriate regulatory authorities
Offering access to twelve (12) months of complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards
Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 44 weeks(310 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 23 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10201.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 24, 2020
Raw hash: fc33bc1dbdf777b8947bc38d90acecf4de554faafd0af1c23a046b423e644989

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEntercom Communications Corp.

Victim entityEntercom Communications Corp.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2019

Stated responseReported the theft to local law enforcement

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com