HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)TargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsMediumContained

ReverbNation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 1, 2014

Filed

Sep 17, 2015

To disclose

21 months

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

ReverbNation notified users in September 2015 that a vendor's computer systems were illegally accessed between January and May 2014. The breach exposed user names, SSNs, encrypted passwords, and contact info. Law enforcement was involved, and the attacker was charged. Users were advised to change passwords and monitor credit reports.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 months / 624 days

Jan 1, 2014

Begins

Jan 1, 2014

Discovered

Sep 17, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

+70 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_52b44d209cd799602015-09-18 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_9316a34c0226ad422015-09-02 · +15dCandidate

Name: ReverbNation
norm: reverbnation
Domain: reverbnation.com

Name: ReverbNation
norm: reverbnation
Domain: reverbnation.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jan 1, 2014
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2014 – May 31, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 2, 2015
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDCredentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted by law enforcement
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Contacted law enforcement
Secured system against security breaches
Encouraged users to change passwords
Changes made: Taken additional steps to further secure our system against security breaches
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 months(624 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGSep 2 · first

South Carolina State AG+15d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+16d

Pattern: first filing Sep 2 (CA), last Sep 18 (MA) — a 16-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2015/ReverbNation.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 17, 2015
Raw hash: 39d1d5ddffa771ff2281128c888e546047287552fc42d256958c8f3eedbf9e40

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityReverbNation

Victim entityReverbNation

Incidentdiscovered Jan 1, 2014

Stated responseContacted law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov