HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Jas. Townsend & Son Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 28, 2017

Filed

Jun 5, 2017

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Confidence

65%

Jas. Townsend & Son Inc. notified Montana AG of a data breach occurring between Jan 9 and Mar 10, 2017, discovered on Apr 28, 2017. Unauthorized access to customer PII and financial data (card numbers, CVVs) occurred during transfer to a credit card processor. The company quarantined the old server and launched a new secure site.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 109 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Jan 9, 2017

Begins

Apr 28, 2017

Discovered

Jun 5, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed10 affectedView incident

Name: Jas. Townsend & Son Inc.
norm: jas townsend
Domain: townsends.us

Name: Jas. Townsend & Son Inc.
norm: jas townsend
Domain: townsends.us
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 28, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 9, 2017 – Mar 10, 2017
Undetected for: 109 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 5, 2017
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding it
Shut down and permanently quarantined our old website server
Launched a new web site on a new server
Changes made: Utilizes increased security measures to ensure the integrity, security, and confidentiality of our customer data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Townsends.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 5, 2017
Raw hash: 2b9435cfc712b1b3e138295b6b330fb1a2c3c18e35b56e0a7ca497a7c84df551

Reporting entityJas. Townsend & Son Inc.

Victim entityJas. Townsend & Son Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 28, 2017

Stated responseInitiated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding it

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov