DisclosureLens
MalwareTechnologyInformationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Aptos

bd_3b0817bc12a5f5cb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 1, 2016

Filed

Feb 27, 2017

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Aptos →

Aptos Inc., a third-party payment processing technology provider, experienced a malware-based data breach affecting 40 online retailers, including Mrs. Prindables. Unauthorized persons placed malware on Aptos' platform between February 2016 and December 2016. Aptos discovered the breach in November 2016 but delayed notification pending law enforcement investigation. Exposed data included names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and payment card numbers with expiration dates. CVV codes were not exposed. Aptos engaged cybersecurity firms to remove malware, strengthened access controls, and offered credit monitoring to affected customers.

California clockDiscovered Nov 1, 2016 → Notified Feb 6, 201797d ✗ CA 60-day late17 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 274 days
discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 118 days

Feb 1, 2016

Begins

Nov 1, 2016

Discovered

Feb 27, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident
Part of Aptos supply-chain incident (2017) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 25d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGFeb 25 · first
California State AGFeb 25 · first
California State AG+2d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 25 (NH), last Mar 24 (OR) — a 27-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.