HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountAuthenticationLowContained

BENCHMADE KNIFE CO., INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 10, 2018

Filed

Dec 21, 2018

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

27state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for BENCHMADE KNIFE CO., INC. →

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. disclosed a data breach where unauthorized parties accessed customer payment card information (name, address, card number, CVV) entered on its website between Sept 1 and Oct 10, 2018. The incident was discovered on Oct 10, 2018, and notices were sent on Dec 21, 2018. Benchmade engaged forensic investigators and shut down the site.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 39 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 72 days

Sep 1, 2018

Begins

Oct 10, 2018

Discovered

Dec 21, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 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_acef8f641a21d90f2018-12-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_fba1f6858aaeef922018-12-26 · +5dVerified

Name: BENCHMADE KNIFE CO., INC.
norm: benchmade knife
Domain: benchmade.com

Name: BENCHMADE KNIFE CO., INC.
norm: benchmade knife
Domain: benchmade.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 10, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2018 – Oct 10, 2018
Undetected for: 39 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 21, 2018
Affected individuals: 27state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountAuthentication
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified state regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately shut down its website
Eliminated the source of the unauthorized access
Began working with third-party forensic investigators
Notified state regulators
Established a dedicated assistance line
Changes made: Updated processes to further strengthen its systems
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(72 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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Massachusetts State AGDec 21 · first

Montana State AGDec 21 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 21 (MA), last Dec 26 (NH) — 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Benchmade-Knife-Co.-Inc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 21, 2018
Raw hash: 618c8c1ee10d5176435b8c197c9acd129e4ddfe7ff567822f87110634c673d65

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBENCHMADE KNIFE CO., INC.

Victim entityBENCHMADE KNIFE CO., INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 10, 2018

Stated responseImmediately shut down its website

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov