PhysicalTechnologyInformationTheftEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

HARMONIC INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 17, 2014

Filed

Dec 18, 2014

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for HARMONIC INC. →

Harmonic Inc. reported the theft of a laptop and documents from an employee's locked car on October 17, 2014. The stolen items contained email files and spreadsheets with personal information of current and former employees, consultants, and affiliates, including names and Social Security numbers. Harmonic offered one year of identity protection services via AllClear ID and implemented updated security policies and training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Oct 17, 2014

Begins

Oct 17, 2014

Discovered

Dec 18, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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

Name: HARMONIC INC.
norm: harmonic

Name: HARMONIC INC.
norm: harmonic
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Oct 17, 2014
Breach occurred: Oct 17, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Reported the theft to the appropriate authorities
Cooperating with law enforcement efforts to apprehend the thieves
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for one year at no cost
Changes made: Updating its policies relating to laptop and information security
Enhanced training
Changing processes and procedures for handling personal information in electronic format
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-47778
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 18, 2014
Raw hash: e810a99015ab22384514019817313a671edd178deb89d338d9289e727d52eca9

Reporting entityHARMONIC INC.

Victim entityHARMONIC INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 17, 2014

Stated responseReported the theft to the appropriate authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov