HackingRetailFinancial accountPIILowContained

BarristerBooks, Inc.

bd_a68ed6a2fbe09672 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 12, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

22state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for BarristerBooks, Inc. →

BarristerBooks, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident affecting customers who made purchases between July 7, 2020 and September 11, 2020. The incident potentially exposed payment card information (name, account number, expiration date, and CVV) for 22 New Hampshire residents. The company engaged a digital forensics firm, reported the incident to the FBI, and implemented enhanced security measures, including moving payment processing to PayPal.

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Incident timeline

Jul 7, 2020

Begins

Nov 12, 2020

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1c8ef3f15c9b2ca72020-11-11 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_31eae45a495767712020-11-11 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_329c6947f0c565692020-11-11 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_bc43318e83e33d622020-11-11 · +1dCandidate

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Montana State AGbd_cf8853861fdd9a5c2020-11-11 · +1dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: BarristerBooks, Inc.
norm: barristerbooks
Industry: retail_consumer

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jul 7, 2020 – Sep 11, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 11, 2020
Affected individuals: 22state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountPII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged a digital forensics firm to assist
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Provided consumers with information about steps they can take to protect their personal information
Recommended that they review their account statements and report any discrepancies to their financial institutions
Changes made: Adopted enhanced security measures to prevent similar incidents in the future
Moving our card payment processing outside of our website so that order payments are processed directly on PayPal
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.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGNov 11 · first

California State AGNov 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 11 · first

Maine State AGNov 11 · first

Montana State AGNov 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

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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/barristerbooks-20201112.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 12, 2020
Raw hash: 97f93f228c3bebe6a01cbfefb800b34bbc34fa38dc9105708f32435b6a746abf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityBarristerBooks, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov