HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountMinorMediumContained

Betty Lou's

bd_baf9da09aeba1089 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 19, 2017

Filed

Jun 30, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Betty Lou's →2 incidents on file

Betty Lou's, Inc. disclosed a data breach where malicious code was injected into its website source code via non-secure FTP. The incident occurred starting February 17, 2017, and was discovered on May 19, 2017. Exposed data included names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, and order history. The company disabled online purchasing, removed the code, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 91 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Feb 17, 2017

Begins

May 19, 2017

Discovered

Jun 30, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_99d7a8b72d9832592017-06-30Verified

Name: Betty Lou's
norm: betty lou s
Domain: bettylousinc.com

Name: Betty Lou's
norm: betty lou s
Domain: bettylousinc.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 19, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 17, 2017
Undetected for: 91 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 30, 2017
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountMinor
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Disabled online purchasing
Removed the malicious code
Thoroughly inspected the entire website code
Offering identity theft protection services through ID Experts
Provided 12 months of credit monitoring
Changes made: Enacted a secure FTP
Applied the secure FTP update
Tested to confirm malicious code is gone
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 30 · first

Montana State AGJun 30 · first · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Betty-Lous.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 30, 2017
Raw hash: dac53ad2f5b195d2ec371578f1fab588fd7d7ab67d7c971742eaa40d3941f902

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBetty Lou's

Victim entityBetty Lou's

Incidentdiscovered May 19, 2017

Stated responseDisabled online purchasing

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov