HackingTechnologyInformationVulnerability ExploitSQL InjectionStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountCredentialsMediumContained

Sark Technologies LLC

bd_3c1530c52b456d76 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 26, 2019

Filed

Jul 26, 2019

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

48,000762 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Sark Technologies LLC →

Sark Technologies LLC (SuperINN.com) notified the WA AG of a cyberattack affecting ~48,000 individuals. Attackers exploited a web app vulnerability to upload PHP web shells and used SQL injection to exfiltrate encrypted cardholder data, names, and contact info. Incident window: Sept 23, 2018 - July 16, 2019. Discovered May 26, 2019. 762 WA residents affected.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 245 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Sep 23, 2018

Begins

May 26, 2019

Discovered

Jul 26, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_c88aea9c362b93882019-08-01 · +6dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_1e1572f873d07f132019-08-02 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_49d624cae94ccd212019-08-02 · +7dVerified
California State AGbd_f099424e53eb01512019-08-02 · +7dVerified

Name: BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP
norm: benesch friedlander coplan aronoff

Name: Sark Technologies LLC
norm: sark technologies
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: May 26, 2019
Breach occurred: Sep 23, 2018 – Jul 16, 2019
Undetected for: 245 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 48,000state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountCredentials
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 200-299dexposure 200-299d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Identified and removed the PHP web shells
Reconfigured the web application to prevent the ability to upload PHP files
Identified and removed the SQL injection vulnerability
Rotated encryption keys
Engaged a third party to conduct a forensic investigation
Changes made: Systems are undergoing penetration testing
Correction of the underlying issue
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Washington State AGJul 26 · first · this page

Montana State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

California State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jul 26 (WA), last Aug 2 (CA) — a 7-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10501.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 26, 2019
Raw hash: 98d77c45721c3bc1fe1a2ca7ca004e762671f4b08c4ae9fc45cd4dcad92b64a3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP

Victim entitySark Technologies LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 26, 2019

Stated responseIdentified and removed the PHP web shells

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com