HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

PLAE, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 10, 2018

Filed

Jun 7, 2018

To disclose

28 days

Affected

35state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PLAE, Inc. →

PLAE, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a cyber-attack on its e-commerce website affecting transactions between March 15 and May 11, 2018. The attack compromised names, addresses, emails, credit card numbers, and security codes. 35 NH residents were notified. PLAE engaged the Secret Service and forensic investigators, closed the vulnerability, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 56 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Mar 15, 2018

Begins

May 10, 2018

Discovered

Jun 7, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3d69216aab37dc572018-06-07Verified
California State AGbd_d5af1ad9551b781b2018-06-04 · +3dCandidate

Name: PLAE, Inc.
norm: plae
Domain: plaeinc.org

Name: PLAE, Inc.
norm: plae
Domain: plaeinc.org
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 10, 2018
Breach occurred: Mar 15, 2018 – May 11, 2018
Undetected for: 56 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 6, 2018
Affected individuals: 35state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched a detailed forensic investigation
Partnering with the United States Secret Service
Partnering with various financial institutions
Terminated the cyber-attack
Offering identity theft protection services
Changes made: Took steps to close the security vulnerability
Took steps to improve efforts to keep PLAE.CO secure and free from threats and vulnerabilities
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 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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California State AGJun 4 · first

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

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/plae-20180607.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 7, 2018
Raw hash: 329e56e22ee7d5278afcef4d5115b11dab2919b94ebbac86e949e89689f04ba5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPLAE, Inc.

Victim entityPLAE, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 10, 2018

Stated responseLaunched a detailed forensic investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov