MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedTargetedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Combat Brands

bd_023e5906ac54c1c7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 23, 2017

Filed

Apr 14, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

132state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Combat Brands →3 incidents on file

Combat Brands, LLC notified Montana AG of a cyber-attack affecting customer payment data (names, addresses, card numbers, CVVs) from July 2015 to Feb 2017. Malware was used to steal data from multiple websites. Investigation ongoing with FBI and forensic experts. No specific count of affected individuals provided.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 603 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Jul 1, 2015

Begins

Feb 23, 2017

Discovered

Apr 14, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_dc8c01f210dc14f92017-04-14Verified
Oregon State AGbd_c1bfc5d63e783c522017-04-17 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_dfbedc2ee6812cb72017-04-17 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ec47f1ffc6d4ddbe2017-04-17 · +3dVerified

Name: Combat Brands
norm: combat brands

Name: Combat Brands
norm: combat brands
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 23, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2015 – Feb 23, 2017
Undetected for: 603 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 13, 2017
Affected individuals: 132state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1056 Input CaptureT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: working with the Federal Bureau of Investigations to investigate
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began to work with third-party forensic experts to investigate
Removed the malware at issue
Working with the Federal Bureau of Investigations to investigate
Changes made: Implement additional procedures to further protect the security of customer debit and credit cards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 14 · first

Montana State AGApr 14 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+3d

California State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Combat-Brands.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 14, 2017
Raw hash: 719fedade39b89a8b1ed5bb41fa4ace215e68e0e88cd89e068ced775d9e37433

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCombat Brands

Victim entityCombat Brands

Incidentdiscovered Feb 23, 2017

Stated responseBegan to work with third-party forensic experts to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov