HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Sourcebooks, LLC.

bd_7b0eee4c451b6281 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 17, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Sourcebooks, LLC. →

Sourcebooks, Inc. disclosed a breach of its shopping cart software supporting putmeinthestory.com and other websites. Unauthorized parties accessed customer credit card information (card number, expiration date, CVV2) and billing/shipping details (name, address, phone, email) between April 16, 2014, and June 19, 2014. Some account passwords were also obtained. The company implemented new PCI security measures, hired forensic experts, and revised internal processes.

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Incident timeline

Apr 16, 2014

Begins

Oct 17, 2014

Filed

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_34a8a51bfc0d2c4d2014-10-17Verified

Name: Sourcebooks, LLC.
norm: sourcebooks
Domain: sourcebooks.com

Name: Sourcebooks, LLC.
norm: sourcebooks
Domain: sourcebooks.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Apr 16, 2014 – Jun 19, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 17, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Implemented new security measures in accordance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards
Hired a firm of experts to determine exactly how this happened so we can put measures in place to prevent it from happening again
Revised our internal processes in order to be able to identify any potential issues as quickly as possible
Set up a toll-free information line for any customers with questions
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGOct 17 · first

California State AGOct 17 · first · this page

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/sb24-47029
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 17, 2014
Raw hash: c8658aeda9acbc36cd7a5b3043013c65ff9ef34ea82249ea488d106f3c17fba9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySourcebooks, LLC.

Victim entitySourcebooks, LLC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented new security measures in accordance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov