HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Delayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Harborside

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 27, 2017

Filed

Mar 1, 2018

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1,081state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Harborside →

MJ Freeway Business Solutions, a software provider for cannabis dispensaries, notified Harborside customers of a data breach. Unauthorized access to MJ Freeway's systems occurred on November 19, 2016, but was not determined to have resulted in data theft until November 27, 2017. The incident affected 1,081 California residents, exposing names and driver's license numbers. MJ Freeway engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 373 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 94 days

Nov 19, 2016

Begins

Nov 27, 2017

Discovered

Mar 1, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,081 affectedView incident

Name: MJ Freeway Business Solutions
norm: mj freeway business

Name: Harborside
norm: harborside
Domain: shopharborside.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 27, 2017
Breach occurred: Nov 19, 2016
Undetected for: 373 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 1, 2018
Affected individuals: 1,081state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notification with California Attorney General
Third party: via MJ Freeway Business Solutions

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Engaged third-party forensic investigators
Notified law enforcement
Working with Harborside to determine the types of impacted information and to whom it belongs
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures to better prevent future incidents of this kind
Providing 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(94 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-134145
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 1, 2018
Raw hash: b57bc16c9140226939d15664296682b7b2b5a43b5e8adb6e8d5679e968de45f8

Reporting entityMJ Freeway Business Solutions

Victim entityHarborside

Incidentdiscovered Nov 27, 2017

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov