HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

B.T.C.E., Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 7, 2018

Filed

Nov 19, 2018

To disclose

37 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for B.T.C.E., Inc. →3 incidents on file

B.T.C.E., Inc. d/b/a HomeBrewIt.com notified the NH AG of a security incident where unauthorized parties accessed its hosting environment and installed malicious code on its website. The breach exposed names, addresses, and payment card information of 7 New Hampshire residents. The incident was discovered in March 2018, and notifications were sent in November 2018.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 162 days

discovery → filing · 37 weeks / 257 days

Sep 26, 2017

Begins

Mar 7, 2018

Discovered

Nov 19, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+29 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_f215a19334bb3d5f2018-11-26 · +7dVerified

Name: ICE MILLER LLP
norm: ice miller

Name: B.T.C.E., Inc.
norm: btce
Also named: B.T.C.E., Inc.dba oflegal entity
HomeBrewIt.comdba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 7, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 26, 2017 – Oct 1, 2018
Undetected for: 162 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 12, 2018
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Advised the affected customers about the incident
Added security enhancements to the website to block points of entry the attackers used
Hired an outside penetration testing company to test the security measures of the site
Providing you with access to a dedicated fraud specialist via a toll-free number
Changes made: Hosting company implemented more robust monitoring tools
Hosting company used third party tools to confirm that the site has now been entirely cleansed of malicious code
Considering changing providers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 37 weeks(257 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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New Hampshire State AGNov 19 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Nov 19 (NH), last Nov 26 (MA) — a 7-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/homebrewit-20181119.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 19, 2018
Raw hash: fd6699dfd03d34583cf67242fc41165e6c089ab8f31c02faa0b4ddd4bc205d15

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityICE MILLER LLP

Victim entityB.T.C.E., Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 7, 2018

Stated responseAdvised the affected customers about the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov