MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Cherrydale Fundraising

bd_3e46c0179a85aeb4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 25, 2019

Filed

Mar 14, 2019

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

14state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Cherrydale Fundraising →

Cherrydale Fundraising notified Montana and other state regulators of a cyberattack on its e-commerce website occurring between Oct 28, 2018 and Jan 25, 2019. Malware compromised customer payment data (names, addresses, card numbers, CVVs). The company engaged forensic investigators, removed malware, and secured the site.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 89 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Oct 28, 2018

Begins

Jan 25, 2019

Discovered

Mar 14, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b6ccfee5bb862f242019-03-15 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_d913c08b0f9200e72019-03-15 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_698e79c97840fd762019-03-19 · +5dVerified

Name: Cherrydale Fundraising
norm: cherrydale fundraising
Domain: cherrydale.com

Name: Cherrydale Fundraising
norm: cherrydale fundraising
Domain: cherrydale.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 25, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 28, 2018 – Jan 25, 2019
Undetected for: 89 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 4, 2019
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1056 Input CaptureT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified state regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately took down the website
Began working with third-party forensic investigators
Identified and removed the malware
Implemented additional procedures to further protect the security of customer debit and credit cards
Brought the website back up for customer use
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure payment information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGMar 14 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Mar 14 (MT), last Mar 19 (NH) — 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/CON-MT-Notice-of-Data-Event-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 14, 2019
Raw hash: 7c0db36af83ebe4066fc792679f4fc2469ac42f0e917e544af6a2cf941744382

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCherrydale Fundraising

Victim entityCherrydale Fundraising

Incidentdiscovered Jan 25, 2019

Stated responseImmediately took down the website

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov