HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Aetrex Worldwide, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 13, 2018

Filed

Jan 22, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

91state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Aetrex Worldwide, Inc. →

Aetrex Worldwide, Inc. notified the NH AG of a data incident where malicious code was inserted into its website, compromising payment card info (name, address, card number, CVV) for 91 NH residents between June 22 and Dec 4, 2018. Aetrex engaged forensic investigators, removed the code, and mailed notices.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 174 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Jun 22, 2018

Begins

Dec 13, 2018

Discovered

Jan 22, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2b52a57158abd7642019-01-17 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_613ccc44cdf5d0382019-01-17 · +5dCandidate
California State AGbd_a61c8c1f3ff362432019-01-17 · +5dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Aetrex Worldwide, Inc.
norm: aetrex worldwide
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 13, 2018
Breach occurred: Jun 22, 2018 – Dec 4, 2018
Undetected for: 174 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 17, 2019
Affected individuals: 91state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided notice to New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProviding written notice to other state regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired a third party forensic investigator
Launched an internal investigation
Removed the unauthorized code
Implemented additional security measures
Mailed written notice to all affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGJan 17 · first

Montana State AGJan 17 · first

California State AGJan 17 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 17 (MA), last Jan 22 (NH) — a 5-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/aetrex-20190122.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 22, 2019
Raw hash: 1708b42d522091689746f0ee5929ec2d021b0544a8e81469f24a3e4e2fc42c43

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAetrex Worldwide, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 13, 2018

Stated responseHired a third party forensic investigator

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov