HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Daedalus Books, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 1, 2009

Filed

Feb 4, 2010

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Daedalus Books, Inc. →

Daedalus Books, Inc. notified New Hampshire AG regarding unauthorized access to web server between Aug-Nov 2009. Discovered in Dec 2009. Affected data: names, addresses, credit card info. Response: blocked access, notified law enforcement/issuers, enhanced security.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 98 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 65 days

Aug 25, 2009

Begins

Dec 1, 2009

Discovered

Feb 4, 2010

Filed

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

Name: Payne & Associates
norm: payne & associates
Domain: payne.com

Name: Daedalus Books, Inc.
norm: daedalus books
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 1, 2009
Breach occurred: Aug 25, 2009 – Nov 23, 2009
Undetected for: 98 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying all appropriate federal and state law enforcement agencies
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Blocked access to our website server
Began an emergency investigation
Notified all credit card companies, including Visa, Master Card, Discover, and American Express
Began immediately notifying all appropriate federal and state law enforcement agencies
Accelerated additional security measures that were already under way
New security measures were added
Arranged to provide you with a toll free hotline at <toll free>, staffed by identity theft experts
Changes made: Accelerated additional security measures that were already under way
New security measures were added
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(65 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/daedalus-books-20100204.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 4, 2010
Raw hash: 4a67620a2f527ebad98ea360f033981abf8b1193f05443f9895c679a831fc265

Reporting entityPayne & Associates

Victim entityDaedalus Books, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 1, 2009

Stated responseBlocked access to our website server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov