HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Gemstone

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 27, 2015

Filed

Jun 18, 2015

To disclose

22 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Gemstone →

Gemstone Vineyards notified customers that its third-party sales provider, Missing Link Networks, Inc., experienced a security incident between April 1 and April 30, 2015. A third party may have accessed personal information including names, card numbers, payment addresses, passwords, and dates of birth. Gemstone was notified on May 27, 2015. The breach has been contained. Missing Link upgraded security and notified card companies. Customers were advised to monitor accounts and offered ITRC resources.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 56 days

discovery → filing · 22 days

Apr 1, 2015

Begins

May 27, 2015

Discovered

Jun 18, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Part of Missing Link Network supply-chain incident (2015) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9d199218a2fd43782015-06-22 · +4dVerified

Name: Gemstone
norm: gemstone
Domain: gemstonevineyard.com

Name: Gemstone
norm: gemstone
Domain: gemstonevineyard.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 27, 2015
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2015 – Apr 30, 2015
Undetected for: 56 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Missing Link Networks, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Working proactively and aggressively with Missing Link to address the issue
Missing Link has notified the credit and debit card companies and supplied them detailed information on the affected accounts
Encouraged customers to monitor their credit and debit card accounts and notify their bank if they notice any suspicious activity
Suggested Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) as a resource for customers
Changes made: Missing Link Networks has taken aggressive action to upgrade its security, including making a sizable investment in system enhancements
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 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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California State AGJun 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/sb24-56445
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 18, 2015
Raw hash: 6d4024077cdd7c616cbb023d9f6ca20e2b78f24e96037754e2ce16a33c08e464

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGemstone

Victim entityGemstone

Incidentdiscovered May 27, 2015

Stated responseWorking proactively and aggressively with Missing Link to address the issue

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov