HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsPhishingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

AutoNation, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 6, 2014

Filed

May 26, 2014

To disclose

20 days

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for AutoNation, Inc. →4 incidents on file

AutoNation, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a security incident involving third-party vendor TradeMotion. Criminal hackers accessed credit card info (names, addresses, emails, card numbers) between March 5 and May 2, 2014. 8 NH residents affected. Notifications mailed May 20, 2014. Experian provided 1-year identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 62 days

discovery → filing · 20 days

Mar 5, 2014

Begins

May 6, 2014

Discovered

May 26, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_691fb606f3195ed52014-05-27 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_97fd23b17bcdbc202014-06-02 · +7dCandidate

Name: AutoNation, Inc.
norm: autonation
Domain: autonation.com

Name: AutoNation, Inc.
norm: autonation
Domain: autonation.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 6, 2014
Breach occurred: Mar 5, 2014 – May 2, 2014
Undetected for: 62 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 20, 2014
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: TradeMotion contacted the FBI regarding this incident
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: TradeMotion removed the software used by the hackers
TradeMotion is monitoring its systems for any ongoing activity
TradeMotion is conducting penetration testing
AutoNation is no longer processing credit card payments through TradeMotion
Notified all affected consumers
Notifications to consumers were mailed on May 20, 2014
Changes made: Arranged for Experian to provide one year of identity theft protection at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMay 26 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing May 26 (NH), last Jun 2 (MA) — a 7-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/autonation-20140526.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 26, 2014
Raw hash: 825a407c59bf40ca4231e97624e8321fbf50c51cc09a7ded3294effe28d39100

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAutoNation, Inc.

Victim entityAutoNation, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 6, 2014

Stated responseTradeMotion removed the software used by the hackers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov