MalwareTechnologyRetail & ConsumerInformationRansomwareVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountLowContained

Service Systems Associates, Inc.

bd_3f2374047b0151ff · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 13, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Service Systems Associates, Inc. →

Service Systems Associates, Inc. (SSA) disclosed a malware breach affecting point-of-sale systems at ten zoo gift shops between March 24 and May 20, 2015. The malware compromised names and credit card numbers. SSA engaged Sikich for forensic investigation, removed the malware, and offered one year of credit monitoring. Remediation included dual authentication and removing mag readers.

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Incident timeline

Mar 24, 2015

Begins

Oct 13, 2015

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_770b94243422682a2015-10-13Verified
California State AGbd_a83cea037edfa5802015-10-13Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_edd34f095b75f6e62015-10-13Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_775be2851ce35d292015-10-19 · +6dVerified

Name: Service Systems Associates, Inc.
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Name: Service Systems Associates, Inc.
norm: service systems associates
Industry: TechnologyllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 24, 2015 – May 20, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 13, 2015
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIFinancial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Working with law enforcement officials
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Investigated the breach, working alongside Sikich, an independent forensic investigator
Identified and removed the malware that caused the breach
Notified the credit card companies of the situation
Offering one year of fraud protection
Offering affected individuals access to one year of credit monitoring services at no cost
Changes made: Dual authentication for remote access
Encryption devices
Elimination of keyboard based mag readers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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 AGOct 13 · first

California State AGOct 13 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 13 · first

Montana State AGOct 13 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Oct 13 (WA), last Oct 19 (SC) — a 6-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/Service-Systems-Associates-SSA.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 13, 2015
Raw hash: e384886d6f1e1cac64733cff5436cf5189f95862269c33d75f4229815522e53e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityService Systems Associates, Inc.

Victim entityService Systems Associates, Inc.

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseInvestigated the breach, working alongside Sikich, an independent forensic investigator

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov