AccidentalRetail & ConsumerRetailMisconfigurationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsCredentialsMediumResolved

PupBox

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 2, 2020

Filed

Oct 2, 2020

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

30,673145 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for PupBox →

PupBox, a business unit of Petco, disclosed a security incident involving an unauthorized plugin on its website that captured and exfiltrated customer data (names, emails, addresses, credit card numbers, CVVs, and passwords) between February 11 and August 9, 2020. The incident was discovered on September 2, 2020, affecting approximately 30,673 individuals nationwide, including 145 New Hampshire residents. PupBox shut down impacted systems, engaged cybersecurity experts, and resolved the incident.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 204 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Feb 11, 2020

Begins

Sep 2, 2020

Discovered

Oct 2, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0cff5122d7572df92020-10-02Verified
Oregon State AGbd_112e1659397ddbcd2020-10-02Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_48adbf2bc53591ee2020-10-02Verified
Montana State AGbd_94b2f1b7ca0d521f2020-10-02Verified by operator

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Washington State AGbd_a35955daeb84c7992020-10-02Verified
Maine State AGbd_ac9a1da511d3b2862020-10-02Verified
California State AGbd_d9e74f7ccefc139c2020-10-02Verified

Name: Petco Animal Supplies Stores
norm: petco animal supplies stores
Domain: pupbox.com

Name: PupBox
norm: pupbox
Domain: pupbox.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 2, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 11, 2020 – Aug 9, 2020
Undetected for: 204 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 2, 2020
Affected individuals: 30,673state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsCredentials
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Shut down the impacted systems to prevent unauthorized access to customer data
Partnered with cybersecurity experts to investigate the issue
Resolved the incident
Changes made: Taking steps to prevent an attack in the future
Making additional improvements to strengthen PupBox’s cybersecurity protections
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 2 · first

Oregon State AGOct 2 · first

Indiana State AGOct 2 · first

Montana State AGOct 2 · first

Washington State AGOct 2 · first

Maine State AGOct 2 · first

California State AGOct 2 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 2 · 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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/pupbox-20201002.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 2, 2020
Raw hash: a035340fad94f2a6e319ead87ede0b41d7b745b012e5394cda4f256cfba74104

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPetco Animal Supplies Stores

Victim entityPupBox

Incidentdiscovered Sep 2, 2020

Stated responseShut down the impacted systems to prevent unauthorized access to customer data

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov