HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY

bd_e3a6311fd6e41e1e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 23, 2021

Filed

Aug 5, 2022

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY →4 incidents on file

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company notified California residents of a systems intrusion discovered on December 23, 2021. Outside actors first accessed systems on November 29, 2021. Personal information, including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers, was exfiltrated. The company shut down servers, engaged forensic investigators, and offered identity theft protection services.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 23, 2021 → Notified Aug 5, 2022225d ✗ CA 60-day late32 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 24 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 225 days

Nov 29, 2021

Begins

Dec 23, 2021

Discovered

Aug 5, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

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

Indiana State AGbd_66fb31422f1bc2052022-08-05Verified
Maine State AGbd_760b4e8f624e3a4a2022-08-05Candidate
Washington State AGbd_87ed603b564d33c22022-08-05Verified
Oregon State AGbd_98384faf5599ea802022-08-05Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_fe796488c30af4952022-08-04 · +1dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_abcd975f531e97e72022-08-08 · +3dVerified

Name: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
norm: r r donnelley sons

Name: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
norm: r r donnelley sons
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 23, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 29, 2021
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 5, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Activated incident response protocols
Shut down impacted servers and systems
Commenced a forensic investigation
Isolated the incident
Engaged forensic resources and other third parties
Offered Experian IdentityWorks membership at no cost
Changes made: Implemented effective controls to prevent additional incidents
Performed testing on data environment prior to restoring systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(225 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 225d
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: Dec 23, 2021
→ Notified: Aug 5, 2022
225d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 23, 2021 → Notified: Aug 5, 2022	225d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 4 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

California State AG+1d · this page

South Carolina State AG+4d

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/sb24-555995
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 5, 2022
Raw hash: 796576dcb07a1169239122a81ca1b51b421e42a160acca3b65fbabfbe8b8790e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityR. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY

Victim entityR. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Dec 23, 2021

Stated responseActivated incident response protocols

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov