MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Hats.com, LLC

bd_8a5f8f2ca77d25e4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 23, 2018

Filed

Nov 14, 2018

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Hats.com, LLC →

Hats.com, LLC notified Montana and other states of a data breach where malware on its website acquired customers' names, addresses, and credit card information between August 18 and September 23, 2018. The incident was discovered on September 23, 2018. Hats.com reset passwords, updated infrastructure, and engaged forensic experts. No actual misuse of information was known.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 36 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

Aug 18, 2018

Begins

Sep 23, 2018

Discovered

Nov 14, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a0d31b0674a4f1322018-11-14Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_755862917dffd3642018-11-19 · +5dVerified

Name: Hats.com, LLC
norm: hatscom
Domain: hats.com

Name: Hats.com, LLC
norm: hatscom
Domain: hats.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 23, 2018
Breach occurred: Aug 18, 2018 – Sep 23, 2018
Undetected for: 36 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 18, 2018
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine what happened and what information was affected
Assisted by computer forensics experts
Reset passwords for all administrative accounts
Implemented increased security measures for website administrative access
Updated our infrastructure
Conducted additional employee training
Reviewing our policies and procedures relating to data security
Changes made: Implemented increased security measures for website administrative access
Updated our infrastructure
Conducted additional employee training
Reviewing our policies and procedures relating to data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 14 · first

Montana State AGNov 14 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Nov 14 (MA), last Nov 19 (NH) — a 5-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Hats.com_.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 14, 2018
Raw hash: 6396134225ebb105aa08869aac6164e91acf8d9f378aa32a1f5b03fa0ec0d613

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHats.com, LLC

Victim entityHats.com, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 23, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine what happened and what information was affected

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov