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MalwareTechnologyEducationInformationCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

Flinn Scientific, Inc.

bd_185d9c1f8514938c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 8, 2014

Filed

Oct 1, 2014

To disclose

23 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Flinn Scientific, Inc.

Flinn Scientific, Inc. disclosed that a cyber-attacker used malware to gain access to its internet store server between May 2 and September 8, 2014. The attacker intercepted payment card information, including card numbers, verification codes, expiration dates, names, addresses, and email addresses. The company discovered the breach on September 8, 2014, eliminated the malware, and blocked further access. Affected customers were offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through AllClear ID.

California clockDiscovered Sep 8, 2014Notified Oct 2, 201424d CA 60-day OK23 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 129 days
discovery → filing · 23 days

May 2, 2014

Begins

Sep 8, 2014

Discovered

Oct 1, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGOct 1 · first · this page

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.