HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountAuthenticationLowContained

Professional Golf Ball Services, Ltd

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 1, 2016

Filed

Oct 5, 2018

To disclose

29 months

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Professional Golf Ball Services, Ltd →

Professional Golf Ball Services (PGBS) notified the NH AG of a 2016 e-commerce breach where an attacker exploited a previously unknown vulnerability to upload malicious code. Between May 31 and June 3, 2016, customer names, addresses, payment card numbers, and security codes were potentially captured. 8 NH residents were notified. PGBS remediated the vulnerability, removed malware, changed passwords, and installed enhanced detection software.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 29 months / 856 days

May 31, 2016

Begins

Jun 1, 2016

Discovered

Oct 5, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+115 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a42c393301a6d3bc2018-09-28 · +7dVerified

Name: Professional Golf Ball Services, Ltd
norm: professional golf ball

Name: Professional Golf Ball Services, Ltd
norm: professional golf ball
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 1, 2016
Breach occurred: May 31, 2016 – Jun 3, 2016
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 16, 2016
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountAuthentication
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: The vulnerability was remediated and the system secured
The malicious files were removed
Admin and user passwords were changed
Enhanced detection software was installed on the web server
Internal and external scans are run quarterly
Offered identity protection services free of charge through Norton Shopping Guarantee
Changes made: The vulnerability was remediated and the system secured
Enhanced detection software was installed on the web server
Internal and external scans are run quarterly
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 months(856 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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Massachusetts State AGSep 28 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 28 (MA), last Oct 5 (NH) — a 7-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/professional-golf-ball-20181005.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 5, 2018
Raw hash: a1801d28b92deb1e0ffb198e0a0ec0567754d128121047bf86b63672afff7067

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityProfessional Golf Ball Services, Ltd

Victim entityProfessional Golf Ball Services, Ltd

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2016

Stated responseThe vulnerability was remediated and the system secured

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov