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MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData EncryptedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

Canon U.S.A., Inc.

bd_cd9c7ef755d53ecb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 4, 2020

Filed

Nov 25, 2020

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Canon U.S.A., Inc.2 incidents on file

Canon U.S.A., Inc. experienced a ransomware incident involving unauthorized access to file servers between July 20 and August 6, 2020. The incident was identified on August 4, 2020. Affected data included names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial account numbers for direct deposit, electronic signatures, and dates of birth for current and former employees and their beneficiaries/dependents. Canon engaged a cybersecurity firm, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days
discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 113 days

Jul 20, 2020

Begins

Aug 4, 2020

Discovered

Nov 25, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 5d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGNov 25 · first
Massachusetts State AGNov 25 · first
Oregon State AGNov 25 · first
Indiana State AGNov 25 · first
Maine State AGNov 25 · first
California State AGNov 25 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 25 (MT), last Nov 30 (NH) — 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.