MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

National Stores, Inc.

bd_43a4788ba58b38c9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 22, 2017

Filed

Jan 22, 2018

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for National Stores, Inc. →

National Stores, Inc. experienced a malware attack on its point-of-sale systems between July 16 and December 11, 2017. The incident was discovered on December 22, 2017. Customer payment card information, including names, card numbers, expiration dates, and security codes, may have been accessed. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, contacted the FBI, and removed the malware. The number of affected individuals is unknown.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 22, 2017 → Notified Jan 22, 201831d ✓ CA 60-day OK4 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 159 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Jul 16, 2017

Begins

Dec 22, 2017

Discovered

Jan 22, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4b74c97f341163962018-01-22Verified

Name: National Stores, Inc.
norm: national stores
Domain: fallasstores.net

Name: National Stores, Inc.
norm: national stores
Domain: fallasstores.net
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 22, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 16, 2017 – Dec 11, 2017
Undetected for: 159 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 22, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the California Attorney GeneralContacted the FBI

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts to assist with the investigation
Contacted the FBI and payment card brands in order to prevent fraudulent activity
Removed malware from the affected locations and contained the incident
Continued to cooperate with the FBI
Continued to work with the payment card brands in order to prevent fraudulent activity
Changes made: Strengthening the security of our point of sale systems to prevent this from happening in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 31d
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: Dec 22, 2017
→ Notified: Jan 22, 2018
31d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 22, 2017 → Notified: Jan 22, 2018	31d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJan 22 · first

California State AGJan 22 · first · this page

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/sb24-133027
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 22, 2018
Raw hash: e4c6da7deffb042c8045b1a18635ea79d455ef71e922db36b88cb76e6bba528a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNational Stores, Inc.

Victim entityNational Stores, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 22, 2017

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts to assist with the investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov