HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedPIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Taos Footwear

bd_99cac8645da80a27 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 25, 2016

Filed

May 27, 2016

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Taos Footwear (dba Shoes West Distribution, Inc) disclosed that malicious code was installed on its website on April 14, 2016, leading to unauthorized access to unencrypted payment card information (names, addresses, card numbers, expiration dates). The company discovered the compromise on April 25, 2016, removed the code, and reconfigured the site. No specific count of affected individuals was provided.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Apr 14, 2016

Begins

Apr 25, 2016

Discovered

May 27, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_19b979171c12e0ee2016-05-27Verified

Name: Shoes West Distribution, Inc
norm: shoes west distribution

Name: Taos Footwear
norm: taos footwear
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 25, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 14, 2016
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removed the malicious code
Reconfigured the relevant website
Taking steps to review our security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 27 · first

Montana State AGMay 27 · first · this page

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/Shoes-West-Distribution-dba-Taos-Footwear.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 27, 2016
Raw hash: 3b20a9c1fa9cf4c3ca7fe1dc4497ae635e42e5b10e107edd6b510e221aefa327

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityShoes West Distribution, Inc

Victim entityTaos Footwear

Incidentdiscovered Apr 25, 2016

Stated responseRemoved the malicious code

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov