HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountAuthenticationLowContained

CertifiKID Holdings, LLC

bd_c2daad87d2bea8f9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 25, 2016

Filed

May 5, 2016

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

31state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for CertifiKID Holdings, LLC →

CertifiKid LLC notified the Washington AG of a data breach affecting 31 residents. Malicious code was inserted into its e-commerce server between Jan 25 and Mar 19, 2016. The company discovered the incident on Mar 25, 2016, after a credit card processor reported fraud. Exposed data included names and credit card details. CertifiKid engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement and card brands, and offered one year of identity monitoring to victims.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 60 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Jan 25, 2016

Begins

Mar 25, 2016

Discovered

May 5, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_21ce2914de949c4d2016-05-05Verified
California State AGbd_7c51879041e10b2d2016-05-05Verified
Montana State AGbd_ba182c438b8bba0f2016-05-05Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_22dee931a80c352a2016-05-27 · +22dVerified

Name: CertifiKID Holdings, LLC
norm: certifikid holdings

Name: CertifiKID Holdings, LLC
norm: certifikid holdings
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 25, 2016
Breach occurred: Jan 25, 2016 – Mar 19, 2016
Undetected for: 60 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 5, 2016
Affected individuals: 31state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountAuthentication
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged third party experts to assist with the response
Notified the major card brands affected by this data breach
Provided affected card numbers to card brands to flag any unauthorized or fraudulent use
Notified law enforcement
Consulting with legal, credit card processing, card brand, information technology and security experts
Established a dedicated call center service for affected residents
Offered a free one-year subscription to Kroll Identity Monitoring Services
Changes made: Taken immediate measures to prevent further unauthorized access to customer payment and other personal information
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 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 AGMay 5 · first

California State AGMay 5 · first

Montana State AGMay 5 · first

Washington State AGMay 5 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+22d

Pattern: first filing May 5 (MA), last May 27 (OR) — a 22-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9619.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 5, 2016
Raw hash: 81847f9dcfafc4d12cd3ba717f48f368962a3569ebf366cf6e7a8a80afcc7d5a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCertifiKID Holdings, LLC

Victim entityCertifiKID Holdings, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 25, 2016

Stated responseEngaged third party experts to assist with the response

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com