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HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountPCIMediumContained

Surefire USA

bd_9acaac05c07b1455 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 28, 2018

Filed

Aug 19, 2018

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,51110 in this filing

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Surefire USA

SureFire disclosed that unauthorized access was gained to its website server on or about May 28, 2018, via a vulnerability in PHP and Zend frameworks. The breach affected up to 2,511 transactions nationwide between May and July 2018, exposing consumer names, addresses, and payment card information. Patches were applied and monitoring increased.

Incident timeline

undetected · 27 days
discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 83 days

May 1, 2018

Begins

May 28, 2018

Discovered

Aug 19, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,511 affectedView incident

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.