HackingTechnologyInformationCustomer Data InvolvedCredentialsIdentity (basic)LocationPIILowContained

WP Technology Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 29, 2015

Filed

Aug 6, 2015

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for WP Technology Inc. →

WP Technology Inc. d/b/a Wattpad notified consumers of an attack identified on May 29, 2015. The attacker potentially accessed email addresses, Wattpad passwords (encrypted), Tumblr usernames and passwords (unencrypted), last login IPs, and other user profile information. The attack was blocked within hours. No stories read or created were accessed. Users were advised to change passwords.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 69 days

May 29, 2015

Begins

May 29, 2015

Discovered

Aug 6, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Name: WP Technology Inc.
norm: wp technology
Domain: wattpad.com

Name: WP Technology Inc.
norm: wp technology
Domain: wattpad.com
Also named: WP Technology Inc.dba oflegal entity
Wattpaddba oftrade name
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: May 29, 2015
Breach occurred: May 29, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 6, 2015
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: CredentialsIdentity (basic)LocationPII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Blocked the attack within hours of identification
Implemented additional security measures
Recommended users change their Wattpad and Tumblr passwords
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures
Continued to improve systems to avoid future issues
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(69 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/sb24-57318
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 6, 2015
Raw hash: 555a1a5634560eb9cc87b11084d43190aa2fb390dbd48662851d5da884078607

Reporting entityWP Technology Inc.

Victim entityWP Technology Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 29, 2015

Stated responseBlocked the attack within hours of identification

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov