HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

COMBE INCORPORATED

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 13, 2020

Filed

Aug 28, 2020

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for COMBE INCORPORATED →2 incidents on file

Combe, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident affecting 18 state residents. An unauthorized third party injected malicious code into the checkout pages of justformen.com and vagisil.com between March 2 and April 13, 2020, collecting names, addresses, emails, and credit/debit card info. Combe removed the code, engaged forensic investigators, patched its Magento platform, and notified affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 42 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 137 days

Mar 2, 2020

Begins

Apr 13, 2020

Discovered

Aug 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_12e7351eaeb089bc2020-08-26 · +2dVerified
Montana State AGbd_60ad38cee8f4e3992020-08-26 · +2dCandidate
California State AGbd_6531a01ba6a6386f2020-08-26 · +2dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_c75ae5bdc34acd2d2020-08-26 · +2dVerified

Name: Polsinelli PC
norm: polsinelli

Name: COMBE INCORPORATED
norm: combe
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 13, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 2, 2020 – Apr 13, 2020
Undetected for: 42 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 26, 2020
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1074 Data StagedT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removed the malicious code from its websites
Conducted an internal investigation
Hired a leading computer forensic firm
Implemented steps to strengthen its website security
Patching its Magento e-commerce platform
Notifying impacted individuals
Changes made: Patching its Magento e-commerce platform
Implemented steps to strengthen its website security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(137 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 26 · first

Montana State AGAug 26 · first

California State AGAug 26 · first

Indiana State AGAug 26 · first

New Hampshire State AG+2d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/combe-20200828.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 28, 2020
Raw hash: 7c5c28f2baa66dc13678b72861d4d8344be81f3e5ed5fa99e2a26aa34a0e66f3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPolsinelli PC

Victim entityCOMBE INCORPORATED

Incidentdiscovered Apr 13, 2020

Stated responseRemoved the malicious code from its websites

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov