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Cobra Electronics Corporation

bd_57e10738cdacde64 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 14, 2009

Filed

Nov 9, 2009

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected · nationwide

9,00031 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Cobra Electronics Corporation →

Cobra Electronics Corporation notified New Hampshire AG of a June 2009 website intrusion where a hacker gained unauthorized access. Forensic review found no evidence cardholder data was accessed, but risk existed. Notices sent to ~9,000 customers; 31 NH residents affected. Remediation included patching, site rebuild, encryption, and free credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 148 days

Jun 14, 2009

Begins

Jun 14, 2009

Discovered

Nov 9, 2009

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b6a2f73dc3d422d62009-11-12 · +3dVerified

Name: Sidley Austin LLP
norm: sidley austin

Name: Cobra Electronics Corporation
norm: cobra electronics
Domain: cobra.com
Industry: TechnologyllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 14, 2009
Breach occurred: Jun 14, 2009
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 10, 2009
Affected individuals: 9,000state + nationwide
Data types: PIIFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Isolated the issue
Patched the vulnerability
Returned the web site to a secure, functional state
Took the site completely down
Made changes culminating with a complete re-launch of the site
Engaged a forensic investigation firm
Offered one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance through Equifax
Posted questions and answers to its website
Provided a toll-free customer service line
Changes made: Fully encrypted card data processed through the Cobra website
Implemented a newly installed operating system and code on a new drive
Improved the security of the website
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(148 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGNov 9 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/cobra-electronics-20091109.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 9, 2009
Raw hash: 2c3940cb405534ad7a179bdeed3fa6b20fd4af19d4d60ec27ccb56b3a7697577

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySidley Austin LLP

Victim entityCobra Electronics Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Jun 14, 2009

Stated responseIsolated the issue

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov