MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Hats.com, LLC

bd_755862917dffd364 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 23, 2018

Filed

Nov 19, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hats.com, LLC →

Hats.com, LLC notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a malware incident on its websites (Hats.com and Kangol.com) affecting 7 NH residents. Unauthorized users acquired names, addresses, and credit card info entered between Aug 18 and Sep 23, 2018. Hats.com discovered the incident on Sep 23, 2018, engaged forensic experts, reset admin passwords, and updated infrastructure. Notices were sent to affected individuals on Nov 14, 2018.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 36 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Aug 18, 2018

Begins

Sep 23, 2018

Discovered

Nov 19, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_8a5f8f2ca77d25e42018-11-14 · +5dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_a0d31b0674a4f1322018-11-14 · +5dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Hats.com, LLC
norm: hatscom
Domain: hats.com
Industry: retail_consumer
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 23, 2018
Breach occurred: Aug 18, 2018 – Sep 23, 2018
Undetected for: 36 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 14, 2018
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine what happened and what information was affected
With the assistance of computer forensics experts
Reset passwords for all administrative accounts
Implemented increased security measures for website administrative access
Updated our infrastructure
Conducted additional employee training
Reviewing our policies and procedures relating to data security
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Reset passwords for all administrative accounts
Implemented increased security measures for website administrative access
Updated our infrastructure
Conducted additional employee training
Reviewing our policies and procedures relating to data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 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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Montana State AGNov 14 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 14 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 14 (MT), last Nov 19 (NH) — a 5-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/hats-20181119.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 19, 2018
Raw hash: d8a65dbdca789dd3a5aa67763e5905612649e0c2f8bb109ac7172a5db65e996c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityHats.com, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 23, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine what happened and what information was affected

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov