MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

Westlake Touchless Car Wash

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 27, 2017

Filed

Apr 14, 2017

To disclose

18 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Westlake Touchless Car Wash experienced a data security incident involving its third-party point-of-sale system. Malware placed on the system by an intruder allowed access to payment card data (name, card number, security code) for customers who visited between February 6 and February 23, 2017. The company was informed of the intrusion on March 27, 2017. Malware was removed, and one year of credit monitoring is offered.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 27, 2017 → Notified Apr 14, 201718d ✓ CA 60-day OK18 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 49 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Feb 6, 2017

Begins

Mar 27, 2017

Discovered

Apr 14, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Westlake Touchless Car Wash
norm: westlake touchless car wash
Domain: westlakelaserwash.com

Name: Westlake Touchless Car Wash
norm: westlake touchless car wash
Domain: westlakelaserwash.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 27, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 6, 2017 – Feb 23, 2017
Undetected for: 49 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 14, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via third-party platform provider
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Worked with third-party platform provider to remove malware from its systems
Provider is actively monitoring the platform to safeguard personal information
Offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring through Kroll
Changes made: Enhancing systems and security processes to ensure this type of incident will not again occur
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 18d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Mar 27, 2017
→ Notified: Apr 14, 2017
18d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 27, 2017 → Notified: Apr 14, 2017	18d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-67633
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 14, 2017
Raw hash: b08c7ee35f2d6488b911e39d18e6b1b5e9bc889af42267f94bc3beba445da735

Reporting entityWestlake Touchless Car Wash

Victim entityWestlake Touchless Car Wash

Incidentdiscovered Mar 27, 2017

Stated responseWorked with third-party platform provider to remove malware from its systems

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov