MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountPIILowContained

THE WENDY'S COMPANY

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 1, 2016

Filed

Jul 5, 2016

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for THE WENDY'S COMPANY →5 incidents on file

The Wendy's Company notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a payment card security incident affecting franchisee POS systems. Malware was deployed between late fall 2015 and June 8, 2016, via compromised service provider credentials. Payment card data (names, numbers, CVV) was at risk. Wendy's disabled the malware and offered one year of fraud consultation and identity restoration services. No specific affected individual count was provided.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 123 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 155 days

Oct 1, 2015

Begins

Feb 1, 2016

Discovered

Jul 5, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_0cb8339e139fc8ed2016-07-07 · +2dVerified
Montana State AGbd_763a56d30d1b3fbf2016-07-07 · +2dVerified
California State AGbd_d08b42b228651f102016-07-07 · +2dVerified

Name: THE WENDY'S COMPANY
norm: the wendy s
Domain: wendys.com

Name: THE WENDY'S COMPANY
norm: the wendy s
Domain: wendys.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2016
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2015 – Jun 8, 2016
Undetected for: 123 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 5, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountPII
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid AccountsT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau, New Hampshire
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Wendy's has disabled the malware in all franchisee restaurants where it has been discovered
Wendy's has worked aggressively with third-party forensic experts and U.S. federal law enforcement on this investigation
Wendy's has now arranged to offer fraud consultation and identity restoration services to all customers who used a payment card at a potentially affected restaurant
Changes made: Continue to review our policies and procedures with respect to cybersecurity
Explore the implementation of enhanced controls as necessary and appropriate
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(155 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 5 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+2d

Montana State AG+2d

California State AG+2d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/wendys-20160705.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 5, 2016
Raw hash: 19be24614e157365e38db3ac6c9d9e49edbb06ad686ee45927ed5979af657a51

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE WENDY'S COMPANY

Victim entityTHE WENDY'S COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2016

Stated responseWendy's has disabled the malware in all franchisee restaurants where it has been discovered

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov