Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingBECWire FraudCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsLowResolved

AAA Business Supplies

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 7, 2018

Filed

Jun 13, 2018

To disclose

6 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for AAA Business Supplies →

AAA Business Supplies experienced a business email compromise (BEC) incident where accounting email addresses were compromised. The attack began in April 2018 and was discovered on June 7, 2018. Attackers attempted to redirect payments from customers and vendors. No credit card data was exposed as it was stored in separate encrypted vaults. The company resolved the breach and engaged security consultants.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 7, 2018 → Notified Jun 7, 20180d ✓ CA 60-day OK6 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 67 days

discovery → filing · 6 days

Apr 1, 2018

Begins

Jun 7, 2018

Discovered

Jun 13, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Name: AAA Business Supplies
norm: aaa business supplies
Domain: aaasolutions.com

Name: AAA Business Supplies
norm: aaa business supplies
Domain: aaasolutions.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 7, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2018 – Apr 30, 2018
Undetected for: 67 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 7, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Working with internal IT team, managed service consultants and security consultants to prevent further breaches
Resolved the breach
Changes made: Working with internal IT team, managed service consultants and security consultants to prevent further breaches in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 0d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 7, 2018
→ Notified: Jun 7, 2018
0d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 7, 2018 → Notified: Jun 7, 2018	0d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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/sb24-137064
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 13, 2018
Raw hash: bf9ebde7f08473a77c3703d0184b440812669324911c573af6e31724c372c78a

Reporting entityAAA Business Supplies

Victim entityAAA Business Supplies

Incidentdiscovered Jun 7, 2018

Stated responseWorking with internal IT team, managed service consultants and security consultants to prevent further breaches

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov