HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

International Vapor Group

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 1, 2019

Filed

Mar 18, 2019

To disclose

17 days

Affected

48state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for International Vapor Group →

International Vapor Group, Inc. notified the NH AG of a security incident where an unauthorized individual inserted malicious code into its e-commerce sites (vaporfi.com, directvapor.com) between Jan 19, 2018 and Jun 30, 2018. This occasionally captured payment card info. 48 NH residents were notified on March 12, 2019. IVG upgraded hardware, moved to AWS, and implemented new monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 406 days

discovery → filing · 17 days

Jan 19, 2018

Begins

Mar 1, 2019

Discovered

Mar 18, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_32ea1fe06515f3f22019-03-18Verified
California State AGbd_8c8ab79255b614652019-03-12 · +6dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_ae81a64fb5f14eac2019-03-12 · +6dVerified

Name: International Vapor Group
norm: international vapor

Name: International Vapor Group
norm: international vapor
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2019
Breach occurred: Jan 19, 2018 – Jun 30, 2018
Undetected for: 406 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 12, 2019
Affected individuals: 48state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired a nationally recognized computer forensic firm
Sent letters to potentially impacted individuals
Upgraded system hardware
Changed the way certain software and system processes work
Implemented a new monitoring program
Moved its servers to AWS with additional security
Changes made: Upgraded system hardware
Changed the way certain software and system processes work
Implemented a new monitoring program
Moved its servers to AWS with additional security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGMar 12 · first

Montana State AGMar 12 · first

Massachusetts State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 12 (CA), last Mar 18 (NH) — a 6-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/vapor-group-2019318.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2019
Raw hash: f677a558461b4bfb137ca22bf87cc2ceada93c992da060fc10bbd8f1f752021d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityInternational Vapor Group

Victim entityInternational Vapor Group

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2019

Stated responseHired a nationally recognized computer forensic firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov