HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

GT Distributors

bd_c72a8d1bd86cb5a3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 28, 2017

Filed

Aug 25, 2017

To disclose

28 days

Affected

12state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for GT Distributors →

GT Distributors, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a security incident where an unauthorized third party installed code on its e-commerce server (May 16–July 10, 2017) to capture payment card data and PII. 12 NH residents were notified on August 25, 2017. The company engaged a security firm, removed the code, and established a call center.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 73 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

May 16, 2017

Begins

Jul 28, 2017

Discovered

Aug 25, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c313693a82a5553e2017-08-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_d4a5dbf20fc11ff52017-08-25Verified

Name: GT Distributors
norm: gt distributors
Domain: gtdist.com

Name: GT Distributors
norm: gt distributors
Domain: gtdist.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jul 28, 2017
Breach occurred: May 16, 2017 – Jul 10, 2017
Undetected for: 73 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 25, 2017
Affected individuals: 12state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input CaptureT1074 Data Staged
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired a leading computer security firm to assist
Stopped the incident
Removed the unauthorized code
Established a dedicated call center
Changes made: Taking steps to further strengthen the security of our website
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 25 · first

Montana State AGAug 25 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 25 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/gt-distributors-20170825.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 25, 2017
Raw hash: df6e77433fd6c8f9408003905396599674daa8c86cab6249652de92d0c0f5b7d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGT Distributors

Victim entityGT Distributors

Incidentdiscovered Jul 28, 2017

Stated responseHired a leading computer security firm to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov