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HackingMediumContained

GEN DIGITAL INC.

bd_bbf783fd75c8d962 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 28, 2022

Filed

Jan 9, 2023

To disclose

12 days

Affected · nationwide

6,45316 in this filing

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for GEN DIGITAL INC. →2 incidents on file

Gen Digital Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) that occurred on December 1, 2022. The breach was discovered on December 28, 2022, and affected 16 Maine residents. The company began notifying affected consumers on January 9, 2023.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 28, 2022 → Filed with AG Jan 9, 202312d ✓ ME AG ≤30d12 days discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 27 days
discovery → filing · 12 days

Dec 1, 2022

Begins

Dec 28, 2022

Discovered

Jan 9, 2023

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6,453 affectedView incident

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.