HackingTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Comnet Marketing Group, Inc.

bd_1a119133b2f310aa · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 23, 2016

Filed

Jul 8, 2016

To disclose

15 days

Affected · nationwide

1,1643 in this filing

Confidence

66%

AAAS notified members that Comnet Marketing Group, a former vendor, experienced a data breach on April 24, 2016. Unauthorized access affected 1,164 members' names, addresses, and payment card info. AAAS offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 60 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Apr 24, 2016

Begins

Jun 23, 2016

Discovered

Jul 8, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,164 affectedView incident

Name: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
norm: american association for the advancement of science
Domain: aaas.org

Name: Comnet Marketing Group, Inc.
norm: comnet marketing group
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 23, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 24, 2016
Undetected for: 60 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 8, 2016
Affected individuals: 1,164state + nationwide
Data types: PIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Montana Department of Justice
Third party: via Comnet Marketing Group, Inc.vendor
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Offering complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert
Encouraging members to review credit and debit card statements for unauthorized charges
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/American-Association-for-the-Advancement-of-Science-Comnet-Marketing-Group.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 8, 2016
Raw hash: 10c880ea9fea17f3ccee9d3ff8797ec65109399793a206b2145b651c26274fda

Reporting entityAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

Victim entityComnet Marketing Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 23, 2016

Stated responseOffering complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov