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State AGConfirmed7 filings · 6 statesLifecycle stage 2 of 3: ConfirmedUnverified claimConfirmedEnforcedhigh sensitivity
Merged incident · 7 filings

Six Continents Hotels — August 2016 breach

Clustered 7 filings across 6 jurisdictions · filing window Feb 3, 2017 Apr 14, 2017. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →

Determination

Confirmed

Members

7 filings

States

6

Affected · reported

1,043,686

First → last filing

Feb 3, 2017 Apr 14, 2017

Merge confidence

100%

incident inc_0dd51f6fb2ca4fbf · merged by deterministic · confidence 100%

Confirmed breach. Merged as one breach: 7 regulatory filings. The filings describe malware. Intrusion Aug 1, 2016–Dec 29, 2016, discovered Dec 28, 2016 — the first regulatory filing landed 37 days later. 1,043,686 individuals reported across the linked filings. Data reported: PCI, Financial account, Financial credentials, and 1 more. Notifications rolled out on a 70-day schedule across 7 filings beginning Feb 3, 2017. Each member filing remains the legal record for its jurisdiction.

Litigation Timing

Supplemental
Notification delay
37days

Discovered → first regulatory filing

Discovery variance
62days

Range of discovered_at dates across filings

Filing span
70days

Time between earliest and latest filing

Not recorded for this incident

Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delayno leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.

Regulatory clocksCalifornia CA 60-day OK · 37dOregon OR AG ≤45dFull clock table in Litigation Timeline

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