MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailInfostealerData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Test Effects, LLC

bd_30e881a99698f4d6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 1, 2014

Filed

Aug 4, 2014

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

180state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Test Effects, LLC →

Test Effects, LLC (dba CellularOutfitter.com, WirelessEmporium.com) notified NH AG of a security incident where malware installed on its web server compromised payment card data (names, addresses, card numbers, CVVs) of ~180 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred between Dec 24, 2013 and Jan 19, 2014. The company discovered the incident on July 1, 2014, engaged forensic investigators, installed a new firewall, updated website code, and began mailing notifications on Aug 4, 2014.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 189 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Dec 24, 2013

Begins

Jul 1, 2014

Discovered

Aug 4, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_a98e945d78fb449d2014-08-04Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a964736e762805872014-08-08 · +4dVerified

Name: Test Effects, LLC
norm: test effects
Domain: wirelessemporium.com

Name: Test Effects, LLC
norm: test effects
Domain: wirelessemporium.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jul 1, 2014
Breach occurred: Dec 24, 2013 – Jan 19, 2014
Undetected for: 189 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 4, 2014
Affected individuals: 180state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
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: Engaged a computer forensic investigator to perform an investigation
Installed a new firewall
Updated the code it uses to run the Websites
Changes made: Installed a new firewall
Updated the code it uses to run the Websites
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 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 AGAug 4 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 4 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/test-effects-20140804.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 4, 2014
Raw hash: 23a28eeb2730bbfb0a76bbc22d345e7835efe0cd6f13387458c45245971169f4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTest Effects, LLC

Victim entityTest Effects, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 1, 2014

Stated responseEngaged a computer forensic investigator to perform an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov