HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountCredentialsMediumContained

TM Acquisition LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 2, 2011

Filed

Jan 13, 2012

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

12,45696 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for TM Acquisition LLC →

TM Acquisition, LLC (dba Trymedia) notified NH AG of a security breach affecting ~12,456 users. Unauthorized access to ActiveStore application between Nov 4 and Dec 2, 2011, exposed credit card data, passwords, and PII. Incident contained; law enforcement notified; credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 28 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Nov 4, 2011

Begins

Dec 2, 2011

Discovered

Jan 13, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_f72359b2091a32922012-01-17 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_f56a045555998ca12012-01-25 · +12dVerified

Name: TM Acquisition LLC
norm: tm acquisition

Name: TM Acquisition LLC
norm: tm acquisition
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Dec 2, 2011
Breach occurred: Nov 4, 2011 – Dec 2, 2011
Undetected for: 28 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 17, 2012
Affected individuals: 12,456state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of Justice
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took affected systems offline
Engaged external experts to investigate the incident
Taken additional steps to enhance information security controls
Notified law enforcement authorities
Notified all major credit card brands
Changes made: Offered affected consumers a free twelve-month subscription to a credit monitoring and identity theft protection product
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 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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New Hampshire State AGJan 13 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

California State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing Jan 13 (NH), last Jan 25 (CA) — a 12-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/tm-acquisition-trymedia-20120113.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 13, 2012
Raw hash: 3bdc92f79d07a36aae4099ad74031d4ec0f6a7b23d12007109cc8e5ac5ddfc19

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTM Acquisition LLC

Victim entityTM Acquisition LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 2, 2011

Stated responseTook affected systems offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov