HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedCredentialsLowContained

Moda Operandi Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 15, 2019

Filed

May 22, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Moda Operandi Inc. →2 incidents on file

Moda Operandi Inc. notified customers that credentials (usernames and encrypted passwords) were uploaded to a publicly available database in September 2018. The company discovered the exposure on April 15, 2019. No financial or health information was accessed. Moda reset passwords with stronger encryption and reviewed security protocols.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 15, 2019 → Notified May 20, 201935d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 226 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Sep 1, 2018

Begins

Apr 15, 2019

Discovered

May 22, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Moda Operandi Inc.
norm: moda operandi
Domain: modaoperandi.com

Name: Moda Operandi Inc.
norm: moda operandi
Domain: modaoperandi.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 15, 2019
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2018 – Sep 30, 2018
Undetected for: 226 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 20, 2019
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Credentials
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Resetting Moda Operandi password using a stronger encryption method
Reviewing data security protocols to ensure that default systems are set to the most private settings for sharing and storage
Changes made: Reviewing data security protocols to ensure that default systems are set to the most private settings for sharing and storage
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 35d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Apr 15, 2019
→ Notified: May 20, 2019
35d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 15, 2019 → Notified: May 20, 2019	35d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-147457
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 22, 2019
Raw hash: b3a341b73ed230de3bb1e5ff534ab9f16e4765dd75dd20637bdff70fcb76d609

Reporting entityModa Operandi Inc.

Victim entityModa Operandi Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 15, 2019

Stated responseResetting Moda Operandi password using a stronger encryption method

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov