MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

Acme Car Wash and Clearwater Express

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 27, 2017

Filed

Apr 10, 2017

To disclose

14 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Acme Car Wash and Clearwater Express reported a data breach affecting customers who used payment cards between February 6 and February 23, 2017. The intrusion occurred on a third-party point-of-sale system where malware was placed, allowing access to cardholder names, payment card numbers, and security codes. The company discovered the incident on March 27, 2017. Malware was removed, and one year of credit monitoring is offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 49 days

discovery → filing · 14 days

Feb 6, 2017

Begins

Mar 27, 2017

Discovered

Apr 10, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Name: Acme Car Wash and Clearwater Express
norm: acme car wash and clearwater express
Domain: bluewaveexpress.com

Name: Acme Car Wash and Clearwater Express
norm: acme car wash and clearwater express
Domain: bluewaveexpress.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 27, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 6, 2017 – Feb 23, 2017
Undetected for: 49 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via third-party platform provider
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Worked with third-party platform provider to remove malware from its systems
Provider is actively monitoring the platform to safeguard personal information
Offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring through Kroll
Changes made: Enhancing systems and security processes to ensure this type of incident will not again occur
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 days(14 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-67429
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 10, 2017
Raw hash: 8600da198088d1ea8cbe87dc517273feb763939922bce33eaa5a06eb95cfe7a4

Reporting entityAcme Car Wash and Clearwater Express

Victim entityAcme Car Wash and Clearwater Express

Incidentdiscovered Mar 27, 2017

Stated responseWorked with third-party platform provider to remove malware from its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov