HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Indique Hair

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 29, 2016

Filed

Dec 5, 2016

To disclose

6 days

Affected · nationwide

1,5002 in this filing

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Indique Hair →

Indique Hair notified the NH Attorney General and customers of a security breach where malicious code was inserted into its e-commerce platform between Sept 1 and Nov 1, 2016. The code captured credit card information as it was entered. The breach was discovered on Nov 29, 2016, following customer complaints. Up to 1,500 individuals across 40+ states were affected. Indique shut down the site, fixed the code, and implemented stronger firewalls.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 89 days

discovery → filing · 6 days

Sep 1, 2016

Begins

Nov 29, 2016

Discovered

Dec 5, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,500 affectedView incident

Name: Indique Hair
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Name: Indique Hair
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Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 29, 2016
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2016 – Nov 1, 2016
Undetected for: 89 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 12, 2016
Affected individuals: 1,500state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: filed a criminal complaint with the Needham, MA police department
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately shutdown the e-commerce portion of its website
Contacted the website administrator and identified the cause of the suspected breach
Fixed the code
Implemented more robust firewalls to fortify the site against any further hacking
Contacted the appropriate authorities and filed a criminal complaint with the Needham, MA police department
Changes made: Implemented more robust firewalls to fortify the site against any further hacking
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 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/indique-hair-20161205.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 5, 2016
Raw hash: 3b7085e980b52cf4f76bd35a59c0d76871839ef898158eafda0591247ceace5b

Reporting entityIndique Hair

Victim entityIndique Hair

Incidentdiscovered Nov 29, 2016

Stated responseImmediately shutdown the e-commerce portion of its website

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov