HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

The Howland-Hughes Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 9, 2012

Filed

Jan 30, 2013

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Howland-Hughes Company →

The Howland-Hughes Company (dba The Connecticut Store) notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to its shopping cart software. An exploited flaw allowed attackers to upload malicious code between April 9 and Nov 26, 2012. Discovered Dec 9, 2012. 6 NH residents affected; credit card and PII compromised. Malicious code removed; audits ongoing.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 244 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

Apr 9, 2012

Begins

Dec 9, 2012

Discovered

Jan 30, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4924f781d40160422013-02-04 · +5dVerified

Name: The Howland-Hughes Company
norm: the howland hughes

Name: The Howland-Hughes Company
norm: the howland hughes
Also named: The Howland-Hughes Companydba oflegal entity
The Connecticut Storedba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 9, 2012
Breach occurred: Apr 9, 2012 – Nov 26, 2012
Undetected for: 244 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 30, 2013
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1074 Data StagedT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: A series of audits were conducted on the ctstore.com site
The malicious code uploaded by the hackers was detected and removed
The flaw exploited to gain the unauthorized access has also been removed
Additional security audits are ongoing
Contacted our credit card processor, Global Payments
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGJan 30 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jan 30 (NH), last Feb 4 (MA) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/connecticut-store-20130130.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 30, 2013
Raw hash: bc15b09c87bec138094a49e961ef813056954ad77b660fbf2598fb9c17e4d599

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Howland-Hughes Company

Victim entityThe Howland-Hughes Company

Incidentdiscovered Dec 9, 2012

Stated responseA series of audits were conducted on the ctstore.com site

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov