AccidentalTelecom & MediaInformationMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Prime Communications, L.P.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 27, 2020

Filed

May 18, 2020

To disclose

21 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Prime Communications, L.P. →

Prime Communications notified the California Attorney General of an incident where a former employee inadvertently received an email containing personal information of other employees on December 11, 2019. The company became aware of the incident on April 27, 2020. The exposed data included names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. Prime Communications is offering 12 months of identity monitoring through Kroll and has implemented enhanced employee training protocols.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 138 days

discovery → filing · 21 days

Dec 11, 2019

Begins

Apr 27, 2020

Discovered

May 18, 2020

Filed

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

Montana State AGbd_43ae4ea2e6a60ba62020-05-18Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_5d12c2c8b8ffaf652020-05-18Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_67c005657b48e05f2020-05-18Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_245aa01854ebbff22020-05-22 · +4dVerified

Name: Prime Communications, L.P.
norm: prime communications

Name: Prime Communications, L.P.
norm: prime communications
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Apr 27, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 11, 2019
Undetected for: 138 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: Internal

During the incident: Immediately began investigating to understand what happened and the scope of potentially affected information
Providing notice of this incident to you and to state regulators where required
Providing twelve (12) months of complimentary access to identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Implementing enhanced employee training protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGMay 18 · first

Indiana State AGMay 18 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 18 · first

California State AGMay 18 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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/sb24-190124
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 18, 2020
Raw hash: 5338d17785e387760017865f69b19622ae57f6669f62c8728b97a80f0426088f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPrime Communications, L.P.

Victim entityPrime Communications, L.P.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 27, 2020

Stated responseImmediately began investigating to understand what happened and the scope of potentially affected information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov