Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

ABM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

bd_f80a28581ac11e35 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 1, 2017

Filed

Nov 14, 2017

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ABM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED →6 incidents on file

ABM Industries Incorporated reported a phishing incident where employees clicked on malicious emails and entered credentials, allowing an unknown actor to access certain email accounts. The breach affected 101 Rhode Island residents, exposing identity information such as names. ABM engaged forensic investigators, secured affected accounts, and offered one year of identity monitoring through Kroll.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 1, 2017 → Notified Nov 17, 2017108d ✗ CA 60-day late15 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 25 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 105 days

Jul 7, 2017

Begins

Aug 1, 2017

Discovered

Nov 14, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_36aef7072671b1572017-11-14Verified
Oregon State AGbd_8a28a6a8e41278482017-11-14Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_eeeb465956a3b6f32017-11-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_6c8dcccf4b14c5442018-03-08 · +114dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 114d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_8eb829f4cd7c80212018-03-08 · +114dVerified
Washington State AGbd_b8f108d99f25919c2018-03-08 · +114dVerified

Name: ABM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED
norm: abm industries

Name: ABM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED
norm: abm industries
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 7, 2017
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 17, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided notice to certain regulators and consumer reporting agencies
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured these employees’ email accounts
Launched an in-depth investigation
Engaged outside computer forensic investigators
Conducted a programmatic and manual review of the contents of the affected email accounts
Provided notice of this event to certain regulators and consumer reporting agencies
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost for one year
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(105 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 108d
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: Aug 1, 2017
→ Notified: Nov 17, 2017
108d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 1, 2017 → Notified: Nov 17, 2017	108d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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New Hampshire State AGNov 14 · first

Oregon State AGNov 14 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 14 · first

California State AGNov 14 · first · this page

Montana State AG+114d

New Hampshire State AG+114d

Washington State AG+114d

Pattern: first filing Nov 14 (NH), last Mar 8 (WA) — a 114-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/sb24-104263
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 14, 2017
Raw hash: 15b3341c7f9327001889254f714931d3e46978f148e9db64a9d535849dfc7d12

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityABM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

Victim entityABM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2017

Stated responseSecured these employees’ email accounts

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov