HackingRetail & ConsumerManufacturingRetailSQL InjectionCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Diode Dynamics, L.L.C

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 6, 2021

Filed

Nov 16, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

35,9571,462 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Diode Dynamics, L.L.C →

Diode Dynamics, L.L.C. reported a cybersecurity incident where bad actors exploited a vulnerability in its e-commerce platform to inject malicious code (skimmers) into its databases. The attack occurred between September 26, 2020, and October 27, 2021. The malicious code captured customer payment data including names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV codes. Diode Dynamics detected the incident on October 6, 2021, when contacted by the Secret Service. Approximately 35,957 individuals were affected, including 1,462 Washington residents. Notices were sent starting November 18, 2021.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 375 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Sep 26, 2020

Begins

Oct 6, 2021

Discovered

Nov 16, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0d978f95e0b14b402021-11-16Candidate
California State AGbd_52be6ca94408cf182021-11-16Verified
Oregon State AGbd_b7f5b35c28f3e2db2021-11-16Verified

Name: Diode Dynamics, L.L.C
norm: diode dynamics
Domain: diodedynamics.com

Name: Diode Dynamics, L.L.C
norm: diode dynamics
Domain: diodedynamics.com
Industry: Retail & ConsumerllmManufacturingllm

Discovered: Oct 6, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 26, 2020 – Oct 27, 2021
Undetected for: 375 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 18, 2021
Affected individuals: 35,957state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 300-399dexposure 300-399d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Cooperating with the United States Secret Service’s investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained SpearTip, LLC, a cybersecurity solutions company, to conduct an incident response and forensic analysis
Cooperating with the Secret Service’s investigation
Cooperating with major credit card suppliers
Notified credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent a recurrence of such an attack
Conducting a thorough review of the potentially affected systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGNov 16 · first

California State AGNov 16 · first

Oregon State AGNov 16 · first

Washington State AGNov 16 · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA3172.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 16, 2021
Raw hash: 2b84d4b417b9fd424407b4eff004378b24d5ffeaf0d7e69c809228304d615d81

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDiode Dynamics, L.L.C

Victim entityDiode Dynamics, L.L.C

Incidentdiscovered Oct 6, 2021

Stated responseRetained SpearTip, LLC, a cybersecurity solutions company, to conduct an incident response and forensic analysis

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com