PhysicalManufacturingManufacturingTheftEmployee Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Government IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentMediumActive

MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 16, 2016

Filed

Aug 5, 2016

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION →2 incidents on file

Multi-Color Corporation reported the theft of an external hard drive containing employee PII (names, SSNs, addresses) from an East Coast law firm's offices on May 14-15, 2016. The drive was stolen during a break-in. The company discovered the theft on May 16, 2016. This supplemental notice confirms eligibility for identity protection services for dependents. The investigation is ongoing with law enforcement.

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California clockDiscovered May 16, 2016 → Notified Jul 29, 201674d ✗ CA 60-day late12 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 81 days

May 14, 2016

Begins

May 16, 2016

Discovered

Aug 5, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_bfd248fcb9d463832016-06-16 · +50dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_fd77e74edaaac53f2016-06-15 · +51dVerified

Name: MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION
norm: multi color

Name: MULTI-COLOR CORPORATION
norm: multi color
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: May 16, 2016
Breach occurred: May 14, 2016 – May 15, 2016
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 29, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Employment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Third party: via East Coast law firm

During the incident: Coordinating an investigation with the law firm, the Baltimore police, private investigators, and other authorities
Hired a firm to monitor possible internet activity with our data
Contacted local authorities
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(81 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 74d
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: May 16, 2016
→ Notified: Jul 29, 2016
74d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 16, 2016 → Notified: Jul 29, 2016	74d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 15 · first

California State AG+1d

California State AG+51d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 15 (NH), last Aug 5 (CA) — a 51-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/sb24-63217
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 5, 2016
Raw hash: 567246b5a37f10885f9e42b525b75b5459b0b236414982c98d82ac85bd4736fb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMULTI-COLOR CORPORATION

Victim entityMULTI-COLOR CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered May 16, 2016

Stated responseCoordinating an investigation with the law firm, the Baltimore police, private investigators, and other authorities

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov