HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS USA, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 20, 2013

Filed

Oct 31, 2013

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS USA, INC. →

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. notified the NH AG of a payment processing system attack occurring May 6–June 30, 2013. The incident affected credit/debit card transactions in NH stores. Track 2 data (card numbers) was accessed for most transactions; names were accessed for <1%. Approximately 13 NH residents were notified.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 75 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 103 days

May 6, 2013

Begins

Jul 20, 2013

Discovered

Oct 31, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

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

California State AGbd_63bf7f80ae6eb6b62013-10-31Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_c4cd15113e5f36552013-11-01 · +1dVerified

Name: HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS USA, INC.
norm: harbor freight tools usa

Name: HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS USA, INC.
norm: harbor freight tools usa
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jul 20, 2013
Breach occurred: May 6, 2013 – Jun 30, 2013
Undetected for: 75 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 31, 2013
Affected individuals: 13state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a leading cyber-security company to investigate
Notices were posted in every store and on its website
Blocked the attack
Adopted enhanced security measures
Conducted an internal review of its practices and procedures
Changes made: Enhanced security measures to make its systems more secure
Conducted an internal review of its practices and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(103 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 AGOct 31 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 31 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/harbor-freight-tools-20131031.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 31, 2013
Raw hash: 59fdc863d2790b1f2dd5faf0380456f75a6841a01e4404e2d1f3786570b48231

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS USA, INC.

Victim entityHARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS USA, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 20, 2013

Stated responseEngaged a leading cyber-security company to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov