HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Kandy Pens, Inc.

bd_22ecf8bec004bdb4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 1, 2020

Filed

Apr 20, 2020

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

1,112state residents only

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Kandy Pens, Inc. →

KandyPens, Inc. notified Washington AG of a cyberattack where unauthorized access to its e-commerce payment platform compromised customer names and credit/debit card details. The incident occurred between March 7, 2019, and February 13, 2020. KandyPens became aware in January 2020, engaged forensic investigators, remediated the vulnerability, and notified 1,112 Washington residents.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d16 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 300 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 110 days

Mar 7, 2019

Begins

Jan 1, 2020

Discovered

Apr 20, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,112 affectedView incident

Name: CLARK HILL PLC
norm: clark hill

Name: Kandy Pens, Inc.
norm: kandy pens
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 7, 2019 – Feb 13, 2020
Undetected for: 300 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,112state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 300-399dexposure 300-399d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged an independent computer forensic firm to assist
Remediated the vulnerability
Increased the monitoring of its online payment system
Reviewing its policies and procedures
Changes made: Fixed the vulnerability
Increased the monitoring of its online payment system
Reviewing its policies and procedures to ensure customer information is appropriately protected
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(110 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10545.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 20, 2020
Raw hash: 1d6d778eec9fa714de90563454897318cc769af13f88fc6f6e3c4550164fbc74

Reporting entityCLARK HILL PLC

Victim entityKandy Pens, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 1, 2020

Stated responseEngaged an independent computer forensic firm to assist

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com