HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

AeroGrow International Inc

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 4, 2019

Filed

Apr 17, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

245state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for AeroGrow International Inc →2 incidents on file

AeroGrow International, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a security incident affecting 245 NH residents. Malicious code on the eCommerce payment page compromised payment card numbers, expiration dates, and CVVs between Oct 29, 2018, and March 4, 2019. AeroGrow removed the code, secured the site, engaged law enforcement, and hired a third-party expert. Affected individuals received credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 126 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Oct 29, 2018

Begins

Mar 4, 2019

Discovered

Apr 17, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_f0a43c62e782c2022019-04-05 · +12dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_264c84d3fb8cd5502019-04-04 · +13dVerified
California State AGbd_8a5652e1e15958282019-04-04 · +13dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_96daf0e6a27f8aaa2019-04-04 · +13dCandidate

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Montana State AGbd_c27e06adbb0023f92019-04-04 · +13dVerified

Name: AeroGrow International Inc
norm: aerogrow international

Name: AeroGrow International Inc
norm: aerogrow international
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 4, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 29, 2018 – Mar 4, 2019
Undetected for: 126 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 5, 2019
Affected individuals: 245state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: contacted law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removed the malicious code and secured the website
Contacted law enforcement and will cooperate in their investigation
Engaged a third-party expert to conduct a thorough review of our security protocols
Changes made: Engaged a third-party expert to conduct a thorough review of our security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 4 · first

California State AGApr 4 · first

Oregon State AGApr 4 · first

Montana State AGApr 4 · first

Washington State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+13d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 4 (MA), last Apr 17 (NH) — a 13-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/aerogrow-20190417.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 17, 2019
Raw hash: bfc476c506a338c6bdffa686d919595a60e50e4a9124491dada5cfebb519f745

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAeroGrow International Inc

Victim entityAeroGrow International Inc

Incidentdiscovered Mar 4, 2019

Stated responseRemoved the malicious code and secured the website

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov