MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedPIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Defender Industries, Inc.

bd_bb10e123cde7438b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 15, 2021

Filed

May 21, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

63state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Defender Industries, Inc. →

Defender Industries, Inc. notified Montana residents of a malware incident affecting its e-commerce platform. Unauthorized access occurred between Nov 22, 2020 and Apr 15, 2021, exposing payment card info, names, addresses, and emails. Defender engaged forensic investigators, notified credit card companies and law enforcement, and resolved the system issue.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 144 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Nov 22, 2020

Begins

Apr 15, 2021

Discovered

May 21, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_05336ce08009dd0e2021-05-21Candidate
California State AGbd_07b78ef6630e17812021-05-21Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4b8e6b7ff73b80a22021-05-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_56f9c65ca07175022021-05-21Verified

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Maine State AGbd_5da7cde3eed0a1042021-05-21Verified
Oregon State AGbd_66e60fbeb06f3d272021-05-21Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b372b5fed247e8542021-05-21Verified

Name: Defender Industries, Inc.
norm: defender industries

Name: Defender Industries, Inc.
norm: defender industries
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 15, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 22, 2020 – Apr 15, 2021
Undetected for: 144 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 21, 2021
Affected individuals: 63state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Took immediate steps to remove the malware
Notified the credit card companies
Worked with an industry-leading cybersecurity firm to assist in an investigation
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Resolved the problem with the online payment system
Implemented security measures for online ordering to prevent a similar incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Washington State AGMay 21 · first

California State AGMay 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 21 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 21 · first

Maine State AGMay 21 · first

Oregon State AGMay 21 · first

Indiana State AGMay 21 · first

Montana State AGMay 21 · 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/Defender-Notification.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 21, 2021
Raw hash: 2f02f9c46067a295a6e6ffba2bcfcc1ea7e50a54b748f82206be48d34cdbb965

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDefender Industries, Inc.

Victim entityDefender Industries, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 15, 2021

Stated responseTook immediate steps to remove the malware

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov