HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Filters Fast, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 29, 2020

Filed

Aug 14, 2020

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

26,093state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Filters Fast, LLC →

Filters Fast LLC experienced a cyber-attack on its e-commerce website where attackers added malicious code to capture customer information during checkout. The breach occurred from July 15, 2019, to July 10, 2020, and was discovered in late February 2020. Approximately 26,093 California residents were affected, with exposure of names, addresses, and payment card information. The company engaged forensic experts, removed the malicious code, and is offering identity theft protection services.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 29, 2020 → Notified Aug 14, 2020167d ✗ CA 60-day late24 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 229 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 167 days

Jul 15, 2019

Begins

Feb 29, 2020

Discovered

Aug 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_01098d6b4b3fab082020-08-14Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_01178d81141952e42020-08-14Verified
Oregon State AGbd_468c321b660fe8bf2020-08-14Verified
Washington State AGbd_5ca8f5e5063b26d42020-08-14Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 13d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_e3101d2d854772d02020-08-14Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_fdb15c467315b6df2020-08-14Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_96fa4e7fd6dec2fd2020-08-17 · +3dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_302ed012be90337c2020-08-27 · +13dVerified

Name: Water Filters FAST
norm: water filters fast
Domain: waterfiltersfast.com

Name: Filters Fast, LLC
norm: filters fast
Domain: filtersfast.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 29, 2020
Breach occurred: Jul 15, 2019 – Jul 10, 2020
Undetected for: 229 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 14, 2020
Affected individuals: 26,093state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Attorney General, California Department of Justice
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired an outside expert forensics firm to analyze the Filtersfast systems
Removed malicious code from the website
Mailing notifications to all potentially affected customers
Offering each potentially affected customer a one-year subscription to identity theft protection services through ID Experts
Changes made: Working to improve the security of our systems to prevent something like this from happening ever again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(167 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 167d
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: Feb 29, 2020
→ Notified: Aug 14, 2020
167d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 29, 2020 → Notified: Aug 14, 2020	167d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Montana State AGAug 14 · first

Indiana State AGAug 14 · first

Oregon State AGAug 14 · first

Washington State AGAug 14 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 14 · first

South Carolina State AGAug 14 · first

California State AGAug 14 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Delaware State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Aug 14 (MT), last Aug 27 (DE) — a 13-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-193082
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2020
Raw hash: 540e40aa9eb81725ff25f6861923ecf75ebe527e01a0a977af5dae23ca5c280f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWater Filters FAST

Victim entityFilters Fast, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 29, 2020

Stated responseHired an outside expert forensics firm to analyze the Filtersfast systems

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov