HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

Centric Group, L.L.C.

bd_39bff929b15d6071 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 13, 2012

Filed

Jan 7, 2013

To disclose

25 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Centric Group, L.L.C. →

Centric Group LLC disclosed that unauthorized third-party access occurred to its website (www.accesscatalog.com) beginning in August 2010. The company learned of the incident on December 13, 2012. Affected data includes names, credit/debit card numbers, expiration dates, and card verification codes. No Social Security numbers were involved. The company moved payment processes to a more secure environment and engaged forensic investigators.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

California clockDiscovered Dec 13, 2012 → Notified Jan 1, 201319d ✓ CA 60-day OK25 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 865 days

discovery → filing · 25 days

Aug 1, 2010

Begins

Dec 13, 2012

Discovered

Jan 7, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_8d42bd14462e54cb2013-01-09 · +2dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_45a5724a101ea5812013-01-12 · +5dVerified

Name: Centric Group, L.L.C.
norm: centric group
Domain: www.accesscatalog.com

Name: Centric Group, L.L.C.
norm: centric group
Domain: www.accesscatalog.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 13, 2012
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2010
Undetected for: 865 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 1, 2013
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Moved payment processes for this website to an alternate, more secure environment
Working with a forensic investigator to resolve the issue
Working with the payment card brands to monitor and help prevent unauthorized transactions
Put in place other updated measures to prevent this from happening again
Set up a special hotline at [REDACTED-PHONE]
Changes made: Moved payment processes for this website to an alternate, more secure environment
Put in place other updated measures to prevent this from happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 days(25 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 19d
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: Dec 13, 2012
→ Notified: Jan 1, 2013
19d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 13, 2012 → Notified: Jan 1, 2013	19d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGJan 7 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jan 7 (CA), last Jan 12 (MA) — 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-37742
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 7, 2013
Raw hash: cafa924878b105a52a22266f6973c0732e8b858f3f5b3fe42e95dad5442f7a57

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCentric Group, L.L.C.

Victim entityCentric Group, L.L.C.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 13, 2012

Stated responseMoved payment processes for this website to an alternate, more secure environment

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov