HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountCredentialsLowContained

APISource, Inc.

bd_460507e2e31b887f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 24, 2020

Filed

May 8, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for APISource, Inc. →

APISource, Inc. notified the NH AG of a data event affecting 1 NH resident. Malicious code on its ecommerce website captured customer name, address, payment card info, and email/password between Dec 2019 and Apr 2020. Discovered March 24, 2020. Notices sent May 4, 2020. Remediation included additional website safeguards and 1 year of Kroll credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 106 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Dec 9, 2019

Begins

Mar 24, 2020

Discovered

May 8, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_8c0df36f0b5936232020-05-08Verified
Montana State AGbd_22d972002b95e3472020-05-04 · +4dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_4968388dab3ff8f62020-05-04 · +4dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: APISource, Inc.
norm: apisource
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 24, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 9, 2019 – Apr 3, 2020
Undetected for: 106 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 4, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying any regulators of the incident as required
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began an investigation, with the assistance of a third-party forensic investigator
Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assess the security of APISource systems
Notify potentially affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident with access to credit monitoring services for one year through Kroll
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Notifying any regulators of the incident as required
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards on its website to protect customer information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 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 AGMay 4 · first

Indiana State AGMay 4 · first

Massachusetts State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/apisource-20200508.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 8, 2020
Raw hash: dc93fd6db646bfad6fc62875971c8e3fcb3844a2fe0a3b710879d613b75a3c1e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAPISource, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 24, 2020

Stated responseBegan an investigation, with the assistance of a third-party forensic investigator

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov