MalwareRetail & ConsumerTechnologyRetailRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedPIIFinancial accountLowContained

Service Systems Associates, Inc.

bd_775be2851ce35d29 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 19, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Service Systems Associates, Inc. →

Service Systems Associates, Inc. (SSA) disclosed a malware breach affecting point-of-sale systems in gift shops at ten zoo and museum locations between March 24 and May 20, 2015. The malware compromised names and credit card numbers. SSA engaged forensic investigator Sikich, removed the malware, and offered one year of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Mar 24, 2015

Begins

Oct 19, 2015

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_3f2374047b0151ff2015-10-13 · +6dCandidate
Washington State AGbd_770b94243422682a2015-10-13 · +6dVerified
California State AGbd_a83cea037edfa5802015-10-13 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_edd34f095b75f6e62015-10-13 · +6dVerified

Name: Service Systems Associates, Inc.
norm: service systems associates

Name: Service Systems Associates, Inc.
norm: service systems associates
Industry: Retail & ConsumerllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 24, 2015 – May 20, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 13, 2015
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIFinancial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Working with law enforcement officials
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Investigated the breach, working alongside Sikich, an independent forensic investigator
Identified and removed the malware that caused the breach
Notified the credit card companies of the situation
Offering one year of fraud protection
Offering affected individuals access to one year of credit monitoring services at no cost
Changes made: Dual authentication for remote access
Encryption devices
Elimination of keyboard based mag readers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGOct 13 · first

Washington State AGOct 13 · first

California State AGOct 13 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 13 · first

South Carolina State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 13 (MT), last Oct 19 (SC) — a 6-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2015/ServiceSystemsAssociates.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 19, 2015
Raw hash: 924ee856067fa83eb1db622819956a7641b2fb82cc75c9b4c3fc4bb4d13dc3a1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityService Systems Associates, Inc.

Victim entityService Systems Associates, Inc.

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseInvestigated the breach, working alongside Sikich, an independent forensic investigator

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov