HackingTechnologyInformationVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Big Fish Games, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 12, 2015

Filed

Feb 13, 2015

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Big Fish Games, Inc. →

Big Fish Games disclosed that an unknown criminal installed malware on its online billing and payment pages between December 24, 2014, and January 6, 2015. The malware intercepted customer payment information, including name, address, card number, expiration date, and CVV2 code. The incident was discovered on January 12, 2015. The company removed the malware, reported the incident to law enforcement and card networks, and offered one year of identity protection services to affected customers.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 12, 2015 → Notified Feb 11, 201530d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Dec 24, 2014

Begins

Jan 12, 2015

Discovered

Feb 13, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_8e8d945628de6bc32015-02-10 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7eed9184c57cab992015-02-18 · +5dVerified

Name: Big Fish Games, Inc.
norm: big fish games

Name: Big Fish Games, Inc.
norm: big fish games
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jan 12, 2015
Breach occurred: Dec 24, 2014 – Jan 6, 2015
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 11, 2015
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removed the malware and prevented it from being reinstalled
Reported the incident to law enforcement
Informed the credit reporting agencies and payment card networks
Changes made: Offering a complimentary one-year membership to Experian's ProtectMyID Alert
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 12, 2015
→ Notified: Feb 11, 2015
30d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 12, 2015 → Notified: Feb 11, 2015	30d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 10 · first

California State AG+3d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Feb 10 (NH), last Feb 18 (MA) — a 8-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-48441
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 13, 2015
Raw hash: 09986064e5f21c244824bf9dc776c069c56ef03bc485f2b377b2d7587343973e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBig Fish Games, Inc.

Victim entityBig Fish Games, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 12, 2015

Stated responseRemoved the malware and prevented it from being reinstalled

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov