HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowActive

Carus Books

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

May 8, 2007

To disclose

—

Affected

14state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Carus Books →

Carus Publishing Company notified the NH AG of a website breach occurring between early April and early May 2007. Hackers accessed customer data including names, addresses, and credit card details. 14 NH residents affected. Carus contacted the FBI and card networks, initiated a security audit, and altered the website.

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Incident timeline

Apr 1, 2007

Begins

May 8, 2007

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed14 affectedView incident

Name: Carus Books
norm: carus books
Domain: carusbooks.com

Name: Carus Books
norm: carus books
Domain: carusbooks.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2007 – May 1, 2007
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 8, 2007
Affected individuals: 14state-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 New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contacted the FBI
Contacted VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express
Began a full security audit of files
Taken steps to alter website
Changes made: Began a full security audit of files
Taken steps to alter website to ensure that this type of incident will not happen again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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/carus-publishing-20080508.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 8, 2007
Raw hash: dc338e685e13d3c18b434a82f6479f07c5259ecdec0526cd67657d827d285fad

Reporting entityCarus Books

Victim entityCarus Books

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseContacted the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov