HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Kayser-Roth, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 21, 2017

Filed

Oct 9, 2017

To disclose

18 days

Affected · nationwide

6,48831 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kayser-Roth, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Kayser-Roth, Inc. notified the NH AG of a third-party data breach involving its e-commerce vendor, Aptos Inc. Unauthorized access to payment card data and PII occurred between July 1 and August 9, 2017. Approximately 6,488 customers were affected, including 31 in NH. Kayser-Roth engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and mailed customer notices.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 82 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Jul 1, 2017

Begins

Sep 21, 2017

Discovered

Oct 9, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Part of Aptos supply-chain incident (2017) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_2f2fe78801d349ce2017-10-09Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_68007528f18f752d2017-10-09Verified
Montana State AGbd_07a3d2a27cc5b7c62017-10-23 · +14dVerified by operator

Name: Kayser-Roth, Inc.
norm: kayser roth

Name: Kayser-Roth, Inc.
norm: kayser roth
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 21, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2017 – Aug 9, 2017
Undetected for: 82 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2017
Affected individuals: 6,488state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified New Hampshire Attorney General's Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a leading cybersecurity firm to help determine the scope of the intrusion
Notified the FBI of the breach
Notified the three major credit reporting agencies (Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian)
Mailed notification letters to affected individuals
Changes made: Put in place appropriate measures to strengthen its e-commerce platform
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 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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California State AGOct 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 9 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 9 · first · this page

Montana State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Oct 9 (CA), last Oct 23 (MT) — a 14-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/kayser-roth-20171005.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 9, 2017
Raw hash: cc0a9c0011d7a5c37a188002fd1c1f96f02f985939e2721425b5eff6a38bf030

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKayser-Roth, Inc.

Victim entityKayser-Roth, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 21, 2017

Stated responseEngaged a leading cybersecurity firm to help determine the scope of the intrusion

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov