MalwareTechnologyProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 20, 2020

Filed

Jun 17, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION →8 incidents on file

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation disclosed a ransomware attack by international cyber criminals. Unauthorized access occurred between April 9-11, 2020, and was discovered on April 20, 2020. Attackers staged and likely exfiltrated limited data, including corporate credit card information, names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license/passport data for some associates. The company contained the incident, cooperated with the FBI, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 20, 2020 → Notified Jun 17, 202058d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Apr 9, 2020

Begins

Apr 20, 2020

Discovered

Jun 17, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5bfad1826effda592020-06-24 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b31c9483008d61d52020-07-01 · +14dVerified

Name: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
norm: cognizant technology
Domain: cognizant.com

Name: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
norm: cognizant technology
Domain: cognizant.com
Industry: Technologynaics map

Discovered: Apr 20, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 9, 2020 – Apr 11, 2020
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 17, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1074 Data Staged
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Notified the issuer of the cards of impacted accounts
Cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in connection with their investigation of the cyber criminals responsible for the attack
Quickly containing the incident
Taking various steps to further improve Cognizant’s overall security posture
Changes made: Offering complimentary 12-month credit and dark web monitoring service provided by ID Experts, which also includes identity theft insurance coverage and managed identity restoration services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 58d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Apr 20, 2020
→ Notified: Jun 17, 2020
58d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 20, 2020 → Notified: Jun 17, 2020	58d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGJun 17 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Jun 17 (CA), last Jul 1 (NH) — a 14-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-190989
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 17, 2020
Raw hash: 7051d8e2704ed45eb2164f8c2c8a83e7e0aa6182c709b8bd8d5debffaa2b7f98

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

Victim entityCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Apr 20, 2020

Stated responseNotified the issuer of the cards of impacted accounts

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov