MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedTargetedPIIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Combat Brands

bd_2165c6945c07d19e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 6, 2017

Filed

Nov 29, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

32state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Combat Brands →3 incidents on file

Combat Brands LLC notified Montana of a cyber-attack between July 1, 2015, and October 6, 2017, affecting customer payment data (names, addresses, card numbers, CVVs) on its e-commerce sites. The company engaged forensic investigators and removed malware. No specific affected individual count was disclosed.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 828 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

Jul 1, 2015

Begins

Oct 6, 2017

Discovered

Nov 29, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_719e0f003fc204c82017-11-29Verified
California State AGbd_a907d6236eaa227c2017-11-29Verified
Washington State AGbd_c19d9bec8cfbd35b2017-12-11 · +12dVerified by operator

Name: Combat Brands
norm: combat brands

Name: Combat Brands
norm: combat brands
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 6, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2015 – Oct 6, 2017
Undetected for: 828 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 21, 2017
Affected individuals: 32state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Working with third-party forensic investigators
Removed the malware at issue
Changes made: Implementing additional procedures to further protect the security of customer debit and credit cards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 29 · first

California State AGNov 29 · first

Montana State AGNov 29 · first · this page

Washington State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing Nov 29 (MA), last Dec 11 (WA) — a 12-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Combat-Brands-2-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 29, 2017
Raw hash: 756c47f460d155ee512aa5a96c167e0cf3d08d54b208689bc82f17133b5c1fa0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCombat Brands

Victim entityCombat Brands

Incidentdiscovered Oct 6, 2017

Stated responseWorking with third-party forensic investigators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov