HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountAuthenticationLowContained

KandyPens, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 1, 2020

Filed

Apr 20, 2020

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

142state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for KandyPens, Inc. →2 incidents on file

KandyPens, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data security incident discovered in January 2020. Unauthorized access to the online payment platform occurred between March 7, 2019, and February 13, 2020, potentially exposing names and credit/debit card details. The company engaged forensic experts, fixed the vulnerability, and enhanced monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 300 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 110 days

Mar 7, 2019

Begins

Jan 1, 2020

Discovered

Apr 20, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_25e5d4335dc9bc382020-04-20Verified
Indiana State AGbd_59330e0f544dec582020-04-20Verified
Oregon State AGbd_979fa051fb8fb42e2020-04-20Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_fc3c743049d165742020-04-21 · +1dVerified

Name: KandyPens, Inc.
norm: kandypens

Name: KandyPens, Inc.
norm: kandypens
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 7, 2019 – Feb 13, 2020
Undetected for: 300 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 142state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountAuthentication
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired independent computer forensic experts to assist
Fixed the vulnerability
Increased the monitoring of our online payment system
Reviewing our policies and procedures to ensure customer information is appropriately protected
Changes made: Fixed the vulnerability
Increased the monitoring of our online payment system
Reviewing our policies and procedures to ensure customer information is appropriately protected
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(110 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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California State AGApr 20 · first

Indiana State AGApr 20 · first

Oregon State AGApr 20 · first

Montana State AGApr 20 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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/kpbreach.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 20, 2020
Raw hash: a6774aa978f0dc84b17e5c55fb3494d8932ccada3b7fdba80d704c25ad7b302e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKandyPens, Inc.

Victim entityKandyPens, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 1, 2020

Stated responseHired independent computer forensic experts to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov