HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIFinancial accountLowActive

Affinity Gaming LLC

bd_c8f2060a39f552de · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 17, 2014

Filed

May 16, 2014

To disclose

29 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Affinity Gaming LLC →2 incidents on file

Affinity Gaming notified New Hampshire AG of an unauthorized intrusion into its payment card processing system affecting customers at multiple casino properties. The incident occurred between Dec 7, 2013 and Apr 28, 2014. Affinity discovered the compromise on Apr 17, 2014 during a security audit. Mandiant was retained for forensics. Names and credit/debit card data were exposed. No specific count of affected individuals was provided.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 131 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Dec 7, 2013

Begins

Apr 17, 2014

Discovered

May 16, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_96cf049a4e0a8e8f2014-05-19 · +3dVerified

Name: Affinity Gaming LLC
norm: affinity gaming

Name: Affinity Gaming LLC
norm: affinity gaming
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 17, 2014
Breach occurred: Dec 7, 2013 – Apr 28, 2014
Undetected for: 131 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 24, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the United States Secret ServiceNotified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified gaming regulatorsNotified state and international regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained independent, third-party computer forensic specialists, Mandiant, to assist with its investigation of, and response to, this incident
Retained specialized data privacy counsel
Secured the payment card system
Working closely and continuously with the United States Secret Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Notified the credit card companies and the appropriate banks and credit card processing company
Organized a call center to assist any affected individual with questions
Provided written notice of this data event to other state and international regulators, many other media companies, and consumer reporting agencies
Posted notice of this incident on its website
Changes made: Undertaken systematic and uncompromising efforts to strengthen the security of its data network
Identify and implement additional appropriate safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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 AGMay 16 · first · this page

California State AG+3d

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/affinity-gaming-20140516.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 16, 2014
Raw hash: bef9bd89dec423eb6654d1b1f9379b73aed9412dde9fc9148e1853b20bab1199

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAffinity Gaming LLC

Victim entityAffinity Gaming LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 17, 2014

Stated responseRetained independent, third-party computer forensic specialists, Mandiant, to assist with its investigation of, and response to, this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov