HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)PCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Kayser-Roth, Inc.

bd_07a3d2a27cc5b7c6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 21, 2017

Filed

Aug 9, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected · nationwide

6,48819 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kayser-Roth, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Kayser-Roth Corporation notified customers of a data breach involving its third-party e-commerce vendor, Aptos Inc. The breach, occurring between July 1 and August 9, 2017, compromised names, addresses, emails, and payment card data for approximately 6,488 customers. Aptos engaged forensic investigators and notified the FBI.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 82 days

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Jul 1, 2017

Begins

Sep 21, 2017

Discovered

Aug 9, 2017

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Aptos supply-chain incident (2017) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_08f13f5794e8a6ea2017-07-05 · +35dVerified
California State AGbd_a84a721cdf83e5642017-07-05 · +35dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_cff9302ab13ddd092017-07-05 · +35dVerified
Montana State AGbd_b53bf980330e0a422017-07-03 · +37dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 51d gap

Oregon State AGbd_c8f623bb36a6f0112017-06-20 · +50dCandidate
Washington State AGbd_656a73d558860e4e2017-06-19 · +51dVerified

Name: Kayser-Roth, Inc.
norm: kayser roth

Name: Kayser-Roth, Inc.
norm: kayser roth
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 21, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2017 – Aug 9, 2017
Undetected for: 82 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 6, 2017
Affected individuals: 6,488state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)PCIFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI of the data breach
Third party: via Aptos Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged a leading cybersecurity firm to help determine the scope of the intrusion
Put in place appropriate measures to strengthen their e-commerce platform
Notified the FBI of the data breach
Established a dedicated, toll-free hotline for customer questions
Changes made: Strengthened their e-commerce platform
Implemented improvements to keep safe all personal information maintained on their website
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Washington State AGJun 19 · first

Oregon State AG+1d

Montana State AG+14d

South Carolina State AG+16d

California State AG+16d

New Hampshire State AG+16d

Montana State AG+51d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 19 (WA), last Aug 9 (MT) — a 51-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Kayser-Roth-Inc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 9, 2017
Raw hash: b3d6416847dfd83d78fb367fc2f96b8229958e01572193692e32ce2785c3b401

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKayser-Roth, Inc.

Victim entityKayser-Roth, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 21, 2017

Stated responseEngaged a leading cybersecurity firm to help determine the scope of the intrusion

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov