HackingRetail & ConsumerTechnologyRetailStolen CredentialsVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowActive

Stethoscope.com LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 16, 2012

Filed

Jan 29, 2013

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

164state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Stethoscope.com LLC →

Stethoscope.com LLC notified NH AG of unauthorized access to its web server hosted by RackSpace. An attacker uploaded scripts between Nov 27 and Dec 3, 2012, accessing customer names, addresses, emails, and decrypted credit card data. 164 NH residents affected. Company engaged forensic investigators and law enforcement, and enhanced security controls.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Nov 27, 2012

Begins

Dec 16, 2012

Discovered

Jan 29, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_edf2a386873675402013-01-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_3e814095d5e65e902013-01-30 · +1dVerified

Name: Stethoscope.com LLC
norm: stethoscopecom
Domain: stethoscope.com
Industry: Internet Retail

Name: Stethoscope.com LLC
norm: stethoscopecom
Domain: stethoscope.com
Industry: Internet Retail
Industry: Retail & ConsumerllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Dec 16, 2012
Breach occurred: Nov 27, 2012 – Dec 3, 2012
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 31, 2013
Affected individuals: 164state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: filed a complaint with the Natick, Massachusetts Police Departmentfiled a complaint with federal law enforcement via the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took immediate remedial actions to further enhance security
Filed a complaint with the Natick, Massachusetts Police Department and federal law enforcement via the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
Investigated the situation
Engaged our law firm to oversee forensics, coordinate appropriate data breach response, and advise on legal obligations under applicable law
Engaged a third party forensic firm to investigate the incident to determine the extent of the unauthorized access or acquisition and to advise the Company regarding remediation and security enhancement measures
Notified its credit card processor, which indicated that it would notify MasterCard and Visa
Notified American Express and Discover
Notified Equifax, Experian and TransUnion regarding this incident
Changes made: Reconfigured its system to no longer store full credit card numbers or security codes, even in encrypted form
Upgraded software
Modified its firewall policies to further restrict access
Implemented additional access control restrictions on its server
Increased the profile of data security issues within the Company
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGJan 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 29 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/stethoscope-20130129.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 29, 2013
Raw hash: e13a0bd888d1c04f4527df2a60d8a2514ecd5c7b657433b0f066b2b1fd030039

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStethoscope.com LLC

Victim entityStethoscope.com LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 16, 2012

Stated responseTook immediate remedial actions to further enhance security

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov