HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Centric Group, L.L.C.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 13, 2012

Filed

Jan 9, 2013

To disclose

27 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Centric Group, L.L.C. →

Centric Group, L.L.C. notified the NH Attorney General of a security incident where unauthorized access to its computer system occurred beginning in August 2010. The company learned of the potential breach on December 13, 2012. Accessed data included customer names, credit/debit card numbers, expiration dates, and CVVs. Centric engaged forensic investigators, secured payment processing, and notified affected customers.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 865 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

Aug 1, 2010

Begins

Dec 13, 2012

Discovered

Jan 9, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_39bff929b15d60712013-01-07 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_45a5724a101ea5812013-01-12 · +3dVerified

Name: Centric Group, L.L.C.
norm: centric group

Name: Centric Group, L.L.C.
norm: centric group
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 13, 2012
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2010
Undetected for: 865 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 9, 2013
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General, State of New Hampshire
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired a forensic investigator
Moved payment processes to an alternate, more secure environment
Implemented additional security measures
Working with payment card brands to monitor and prevent unauthorized transactions
Providing direct notification to customers
Set up a telephone hotline for customer information and assistance
Changes made: Moved payment processes for the website to an alternate, more secure environment
Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent a recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 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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California State AGJan 7 · first

New Hampshire State AG+2d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jan 7 (CA), last Jan 12 (MA) — 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/centric-group-20130109.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 9, 2013
Raw hash: 5ce741054bd9cafd404888f516292165d586bda77209aca98e0cd0ca7c6edcfa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCentric Group, L.L.C.

Victim entityCentric Group, L.L.C.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 13, 2012

Stated responseHired a forensic investigator

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov