HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)CredentialsFinancial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Frontier Natural Products

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 31, 2013

Filed

Mar 6, 2013

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

101state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Frontier Natural Products →2 incidents on file

Frontier Natural Products Co-op notified the NH AG of a security incident affecting 101 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred from Sept 14, 2012 to Jan 31, 2013, when a malicious file was added to a server hosting its websites. The attacker intercepted personal info (names, addresses, usernames, passwords, payment card details including CVV) during user purchases. Frontier engaged forensic investigators, removed the malicious file, patched the application, and notified law enforcement. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 139 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Sep 14, 2012

Begins

Jan 31, 2013

Discovered

Mar 6, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

3 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_aeefb36d3906fe202013-03-11 · +5dVerified

Name: Frontier Natural Products
norm: frontier natural products

Name: Frontier Natural Products
norm: frontier natural products
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 31, 2013
Breach occurred: Sep 14, 2012 – Jan 31, 2013
Undetected for: 139 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 6, 2013
Affected individuals: 101state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)CredentialsFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removing a malicious file involved in the incident and repairing an application that may have been compromised
Conducted an extensive investigation of this event, which included, the use of internal investigators and a third party forensic investigator
Implemented more safeguards including additional layers of intrusion detection security
Notified law enforcement of this incident and intends to assist their efforts in prosecuting the criminals who accessed our systems
Changes made: Implemented more safeguards including additional layers of intrusion detection security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMar 6 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Mar 6 (NH), last Mar 11 (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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/frontier-natural-20130306.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 6, 2013
Raw hash: 7bda447deb700e373c4d7a16bcc0ce6443e5800519cae2cf6a8c40275f7e7e06

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFrontier Natural Products

Victim entityFrontier Natural Products

Incidentdiscovered Jan 31, 2013

Stated responseRemoving a malicious file involved in the incident and repairing an application that may have been compromised

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov