HackingTechnologyRetail & ConsumerInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)MediumContained

WEB.COM GROUP, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 13, 2015

Filed

Aug 24, 2015

To disclose

11 days

Affected

1,088state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for WEB.COM GROUP, INC. →3 incidents on file

Web.com Group, Inc. notified South Carolina customers of a cybersecurity incident discovered on August 13, 2015. Unauthorized access compromised credit/debit card numbers, names, and addresses. No SSNs or login credentials were accessed. Web.com engaged forensic specialists and authorities, and provided one year of free credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due11 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 days

Aug 13, 2015

Discovered

Aug 24, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_dd6de7d5503d5dfb2015-08-19 · +5dVerified
Washington State AGbd_fb1d91b4e6eefb722015-08-18 · +6dCandidate

Name: WEB.COM GROUP, INC.
norm: webcom group

Name: WEB.COM GROUP, INC.
norm: webcom group
Industry: TechnologyllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 13, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 18, 2015
Affected individuals: 1,088state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: working with federal and local authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Uncovered the unauthorized activity through its ongoing security monitoring and immediately shut it down
Working with the credit card processors, federal and local authorities, and a leading IT forensic specialist to address the issue
Providing you with one-year of free credit monitoring services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Washington State AGAug 18 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 18 (WA), last Aug 24 (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/Web.com_.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 24, 2015
Raw hash: a305bf10f2221a0eef8c81cb280e213133d37df3b0860b827b67ee22d620362a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWEB.COM GROUP, INC.

Victim entityWEB.COM GROUP, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 13, 2015

Stated responseUncovered the unauthorized activity through its ongoing security monitoring and immediately shut it down

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov