DisclosureLens
HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Professional Publications Inc

bd_3a33ba3de7b9ea2b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 19, 2018

Filed

Nov 6, 2018

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Professional Publications Inc →2 incidents on file

Professional Publications, Inc. (PPI) disclosed that a hacker implemented malicious code on its website (ppi2pass.com), gaining unauthorized access to personal information submitted during transactions between March 9, 2017, and September 3, 2017. The incident was discovered on September 19, 2018. Affected data included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and credit/debit card information (card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV/CSV). PPI engaged a third-party forensic firm, contacted law enforcement, enhanced security measures, and offered two years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection to affected individuals.

Date basis clock✓ Clock withheld · confirmation date7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 559 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Mar 9, 2017

Begins

Sep 19, 2018

Discovered

Nov 6, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGOct 27 · first
California State AG+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 27 (MT), last Nov 6 (CA) — a 10-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.