DisclosureLens
FEDERALItem 1.05 · mandatoryHackingTechnologyInformationComputer HardwareMidnight Blizzard (Cozy Bear)Data ExfiltratedActor NamedNation State SuspectedTargetedEmployee Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryMulti-Stage ChainLowContained

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY

bd_cdd41d4da6447050 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 12, 2023

Filed

Jan 24, 2024

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

87%
Full breach record for HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY2 incidents on file

HPE disclosed an Item 1.05 material cybersecurity incident: on December 12, 2023, HPE was notified that suspected nation-state actor Midnight Blizzard (Cozy Bear) gained unauthorized access to its cloud-based email environment, exfiltrating data from a small percentage of mailboxes beginning May 2023. The incident is believed related to a separately-noticed June 2023 SharePoint exfiltration. HPE engaged external experts, contained and eradicated the activity, and notified law enforcement. No material impact determined as of filing.

SEC clockMateriality determined Jan 19, 2024Filed Jan 24, 20245d SEC 4-day OK6 weeks discovery → filing
unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 225 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

May 1, 2023

Begins

Dec 12, 2023

Discovered

Jan 19, 2024

Scope determined

Jan 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView 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 filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statementThis record

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.