Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Polycom, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 6, 2016

Filed

Feb 12, 2016

To disclose

6 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Polycom, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Polycom, Inc. notified Montana employees of a phishing incident on Feb 5, 2016, which exposed names, addresses, SSNs, DOBs, and salary info. Polycom discovered the breach on Feb 6, 2016, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring via AllClear ID.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 6 days

Feb 5, 2016

Begins

Feb 6, 2016

Discovered

Feb 12, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_bede955585cc5fa32016-02-17 · +5dVerified

Name: Polycom, Inc.
norm: polycom
Domain: polycom.com

Name: Polycom, Inc.
norm: polycom
Domain: polycom.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 6, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 5, 2016
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 12, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement authorities
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the issue
Notified law enforcement authorities and are assisting them in their investigation
Arranged with AllClear ID to offer identity protection and credit monitoring services to affected employees for 24 months at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGFeb 12 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Feb 12 (MT), last Feb 17 (MA) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Polycom-Inc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 12, 2016
Raw hash: 77df5b3c66cfcd32474b6f81ef13a3954a36a112dc142f763250bcbf8bd741b8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPolycom, Inc.

Victim entityPolycom, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2016

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the issue

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov