MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Delayed DiscoveryPIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Atwood Distributing, Inc.

bd_534aabb0020c65e8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 1, 2016

Filed

Mar 7, 2017

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Atwood Distributing, Inc. →

Atwood Distributing, L.P. notified customers of a data breach involving its third-party platform provider. Malware was placed on the provider's servers between February and December 2016, compromising customer payment card data and PII. The breach was discovered in November 2016, with notification delayed at law enforcement's request. Notices were sent on March 7, 2017, offering 12 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 274 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 126 days

Feb 1, 2016

Begins

Nov 1, 2016

Discovered

Mar 7, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 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 (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_482d332c0a4ce2242017-03-21 · +14dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6e2bc37c0ebcf2552017-03-23 · +16dVerified

Name: Atwood Distributing, Inc.
norm: atwood distributing
Domain: atwoods.com

Name: Atwood Distributing, Inc.
norm: atwood distributing
Domain: atwoods.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 1, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
Undetected for: 274 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 7, 2017
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Law enforcement is investigatingLaw enforcement asked that notification to customers be delayed to allow the investigation to move forward
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Platform provider worked with a leading cybersecurity firm to remove the malware from its systems
Platform provider is actively monitoring the platform to safeguard personal information
Platform provider contacted and offered its cooperation to federal law enforcement
Arranged for AllClear ID to protect identity for twelve (12) months at no cost
Changes made: Removed malware from platform provider's systems
Actively monitoring the platform to safeguard personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(126 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGMar 7 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+14d

Massachusetts State AG+16d

Pattern: first filing Mar 7 (MT), last Mar 23 (MA) — a 16-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Atwood-Distributing-LP.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 7, 2017
Raw hash: 5f8c2975921941c57ee296dc0f789efa375501b0745773321411f8296f48d809

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAtwood Distributing, Inc.

Victim entityAtwood Distributing, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 1, 2016

Stated responsePlatform provider worked with a leading cybersecurity firm to remove the malware from its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov