HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

San Diego Hardware

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 5, 2018

Filed

Dec 5, 2018

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

109state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for San Diego Hardware →2 incidents on file

San Diego Hardware notified NH DOJ of a breach affecting 109 NH residents. A malicious script on www.hardwaresource.com (Feb-Aug 2018) exfiltrated names, addresses, and credit card data. Discovered via First Data/Discover notification. FBI and state agencies notified. Forensic investigation conducted.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 303 days

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Feb 5, 2018

Begins

Dec 5, 2018

Discovered

Dec 5, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed109 affectedView incident

Name: San Diego Hardware
norm: san diego hardware
Domain: hardwaresource.com

Name: San Diego Hardware
norm: san diego hardware
Domain: hardwaresource.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 5, 2018
Breach occurred: Feb 5, 2018 – Aug 21, 2018
Undetected for: 303 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 6, 2018
Affected individuals: 109state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified applicable state agencies
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Placed the Website into “maintenance mode”
Hired a specialized forensic IT firm to evaluate the potential data breach
Notified the FBI
Notified the applicable state agencies
Changes made: Malicious script has now been removed
Reviewing its online security policies to ensure all security measures are being taken to avoid such an incident from occurring again
Offering a suite of fraud recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(0 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/san-diego-hardware-20181205.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 5, 2018
Raw hash: df9b5d0fbabc0deba0fb7dcd46b993e9838f6d5a470206fa1509d802b78b35ea

Reporting entitySan Diego Hardware

Victim entitySan Diego Hardware

Incidentdiscovered Dec 5, 2018

Stated responsePlaced the Website into “maintenance mode”

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov