HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Aim Inc

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 4, 2016

Filed

Apr 27, 2016

To disclose

23 days

Affected

1,639state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Aim Inc →

AIM Inc. notified Washington AG of unauthorized access to its website's document upload feature on April 4, 2016. An attacker exploited a vulnerability in the upload feature to access images containing customer names, driver's licenses, and in some cases SSNs and passports. 1,639 Washington residents were notified. AIM engaged a security firm, alerted law enforcement, removed the images, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 days

Apr 4, 2016

Discovered

Apr 27, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_e7876ae639ac4ad92016-04-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_01902d3e0c577b1d2016-04-02 · +25dCandidate

Name: Aim Inc
norm: aim
Domain: aiminc.com

Name: Aim Inc
norm: aim
Domain: aiminc.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 4, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 26, 2016
Affected individuals: 1,639state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Passport numberMilitary ID numberFinancial account numberDriver's licence numberSocial Security numberName
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: alerted law enforcementNotified Washington State Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began an internal investigation
Engaged a leading security firm
Alerted law enforcement
Removed all of the images from the website server
Worked with the security firm and the vendor that hosts the website to enhance the security of the upload feature
The security firm conducted a review of the entire website to look for any other issues
Working with the security firm to implement enhanced security measures
Offering one year credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Providing call center support for those affected
Changes made: Worked with the security firm and the vendor that hosts the website to enhance the security of the upload feature
Working with the security firm to implement enhanced security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 2 · first

South Carolina State AG+25d

Washington State AG+25d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 2 (NH), last Apr 27 (WA) — a 25-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9617.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 27, 2016
Raw hash: 6fb9ef8aa95144a43322aeff81b22e5457d63f19dec06575aaaff2b7895923cc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAim Inc

Victim entityAim Inc

Incidentdiscovered Apr 4, 2016

Stated responseBegan an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com