HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

McAlister’s Menu

bd_178e2dd52849df76 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 20, 2019

Filed

Oct 3, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for McAlister’s Menu →

McAlister's Corporation notified the NH AG of a payment card security incident involving unauthorized code installed at corporate and franchised restaurants between April 11 and July 22, 2019. The malware captured payment card track data. Notice was sent on October 2, 2019. Forensic investigators were engaged and law enforcement notified.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 131 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Apr 11, 2019

Begins

Aug 20, 2019

Discovered

Oct 3, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: McAlister’s Menu
norm: mcalister s menu
Domain: mcalistermenu.us

Name: McAlister’s Menu
norm: mcalister s menu
Domain: mcalistermenu.us
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 20, 2019
Breach occurred: Apr 11, 2019 – Jul 22, 2019
Undetected for: 131 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 2, 2019
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1056 Input CaptureT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began an investigation
Took action to identify and stop the unauthorized activity
Forensic investigation firms were engaged
Notified law enforcement
Notified the payment card networks
Changes made: Contain the incident
Remove the unauthorized code
Implement measures to further enhance payment card security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/mcalister-corporation-202191003.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2019
Raw hash: 160ea5f2301f9ec51b63a585eb75cbcf08954a00f886a658cb27c0c7de38b954

Reporting entityMcAlister’s Menu

Victim entityMcAlister’s Menu

Incidentdiscovered Aug 20, 2019

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov