MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainPCIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

AeroGrow International Inc

bd_15c9ef680eaa947d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 10, 2015

Filed

Jul 9, 2015

To disclose

29 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for AeroGrow International Inc →2 incidents on file

AeroGrow International, Inc. disclosed a data breach affecting customer payment card information. Malware infiltrated online servers between October 15, 2014, and June 10, 2015, potentially capturing names, addresses, and credit card details. The company eradicated the malware, alerted law enforcement, and offered identity protection services to affected customers.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 10, 2015 → Notified Jul 10, 201530d ✓ CA 60-day OK29 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 238 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Oct 15, 2014

Begins

Jun 10, 2015

Discovered

Jul 9, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_1bb42a0e6c82eaec2015-07-09Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5cca8b0b0463a2282015-06-03 · +36dVerified
California State AGbd_783164df3d6bebca2015-06-03 · +36dCandidate

Name: AeroGrow International Inc
norm: aerogrow international

Name: AeroGrow International Inc
norm: aerogrow international
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 10, 2015
Breach occurred: Oct 15, 2014 – Jun 10, 2015
Undetected for: 238 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 10, 2015
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Alerted law enforcement authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired cybersecurity specialists to investigate the incident
Eradicated the malicious software that caused the attack
Alerted law enforcement authorities
Offered free access to ProtectMyID Elite, an identity protection product provided by Experian
Changes made: Implemented safeguards after the initial attack
Conducted a second, comprehensive review of systems to prevent recurrence
Completed security plan in response to the first attack
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 10, 2015
→ Notified: Jul 10, 2015
30d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 10, 2015 → Notified: Jul 10, 2015	30d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 3 · first

California State AGJun 3 · first

New Hampshire State AG+36d

California State AG+36d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 3 (NH), last Jul 9 (CA) — a 36-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-56988
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 9, 2015
Raw hash: 3931cfa5d914457135fd03a7cf929d361f92d5900baf2f47b300f2e850c12fda

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAeroGrow International Inc

Victim entityAeroGrow International Inc

Incidentdiscovered Jun 10, 2015

Stated responseHired cybersecurity specialists to investigate the incident

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov