MalwareRetail & ConsumerHospitalityRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Affinity Gaming LLC

bd_71c079e0802b08d4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 24, 2013

Filed

Dec 20, 2013

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Affinity Gaming LLC →2 incidents on file

Affinity Gaming LLC confirmed an unauthorized intrusion into its credit and debit card processing systems at multiple casino locations in Nevada, Iowa, Missouri, and Colorado. The incident, caused by malware, occurred between March 14 and October 16, 2013. Affinity became aware of the breach on October 24, 2013, after being contacted by law enforcement regarding fraudulent charges. The company engaged forensic experts, secured its systems, and notified affected patrons, law enforcement, and regulators.

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California clockDiscovered Oct 24, 2013 → Notified Dec 20, 201357d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 224 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Mar 14, 2013

Begins

Oct 24, 2013

Discovered

Dec 20, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Affinity Gaming LLC
norm: affinity gaming

Name: Affinity Gaming LLC
norm: affinity gaming
Industry: Retail & ConsumerllmHospitalityllm

Discovered: Oct 24, 2013
Breach occurred: Mar 14, 2013 – Oct 16, 2013
Undetected for: 224 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 20, 2013
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified local law enforcementNotified the United States Secret ServiceNotified the United States Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified gaming regulatorsNotified certain state and international regulators

During the incident: Initiated a thorough investigation
Engaged third-party data forensics experts
Confirmed that Affinity's system has been fully secured
Established a confidential, toll-free inquiry line to assist its customers
Provided notice to local law enforcement, the United States Secret Service, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, gaming regulators, and to certain state and international regulators
Notified the credit card companies and the appropriate banks
Cooperating in the ongoing law enforcement investigation of the incident
Changes made: Taken a number of measures to strengthen the security of our network
Worked with legal and security vulnerability experts to help identify and implement additional appropriate safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 57d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Oct 24, 2013
→ Notified: Dec 20, 2013
57d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Oct 24, 2013 → Notified: Dec 20, 2013	57d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-43592
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 20, 2013
Raw hash: 99a2b03bffdae353ec56f69cc50d3732091da194815ba5cab083ec48e617dace

Reporting entityAffinity Gaming LLC

Victim entityAffinity Gaming LLC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 24, 2013

Stated responseInitiated a thorough investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov