Gannett Company, Inc

Gannett Company, Inc notified California AG on Apr 28, 2017 of a data breach, which occurred on Mar 28, 2017. Data exposed: Social Security number, Financial / bank account, Health insurance, Usernames / passwords.

Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)

Organization: Gannett Company, Inc
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Apr 28, 2017
Date(s) of breach: Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Social Security number Financial / bank account Health insurance Usernames / passwords
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: Mar 30, 2017, as stated in the letter
"On Thursday, March 30, 2017, we discovered that several members of our HR department were victims of a phishing attack that compromised their Office 365 account login credentials, including their Gannett email."
Days to notice: 29 days from discovery (Mar 30, 2017) to the California record (Apr 28, 2017). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82).
Offered in the letter: 12 months of credit or identity monitoring
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:18 UTC

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