HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

American Pharmacists Association

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 28, 2012

Filed

Jul 9, 2012

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

81state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Pharmacists Association →3 incidents on file

American Pharmacists Association (APhA) notified New Hampshire AG of a data breach where unauthorized individuals accessed servers between April 23 and May 28, 2012. Credit card numbers of 81 NH residents were found; actual acquisition confirmed for 2. APhA shut down servers, engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and began notifying residents on July 2, 2012, offering data theft protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 35 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Apr 23, 2012

Begins

May 28, 2012

Discovered

Jul 9, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

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_e3d893eab534e2bd2012-07-05 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_ec74cd36d19272a12012-07-18 · +9dVerified

Name: American Pharmacists Association
norm: american pharmacists

Name: American Pharmacists Association
norm: american pharmacists
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 28, 2012
Breach occurred: Apr 23, 2012 – May 28, 2012
Undetected for: 35 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 2, 2012
Affected individuals: 81state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the incident to law enforcementcontinues to work with law enforcement in connection with the incident
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Shut down its web site and related computer servers
Reported the incident to law enforcement
Engaged an experienced forensic cybersecurity team to conduct an aggressive investigation
Implemented a plan to prevent further data access
Began notifying the affected New Hampshire residents
Offered one year of complimentary data theft protection
Changes made: Implemented a plan to prevent further data access
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 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 AGJul 5 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

California State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Jul 5 (MA), last Jul 18 (CA) — a 13-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/american-pharmacists-20120709.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 9, 2012
Raw hash: 4579115f70ee3b5360d69d39dda537d562cd2112dd957c31d7f7f21c91eaa289

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Pharmacists Association

Victim entityAmerican Pharmacists Association

Incidentdiscovered May 28, 2012

Stated responseShut down its web site and related computer servers

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov