HackingRetail & ConsumerTechnologyRetailStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Asset Marketing Services, LLC

bd_cdfad0ce3d94a941 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 3, 2021

Filed

Jun 23, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1,332state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Asset Marketing Services, LLC →

Asset Marketing Services d/b/a GovMint.com notified Washington AG of a cyberattack where an unknown actor gained unauthorized access to the website between May 21, 2020, and May 3, 2021. The incident exposed customer names and credit card information for 1,332 Washington residents. GovMint.com engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 347 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

May 21, 2020

Begins

May 3, 2021

Discovered

Jun 23, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_03971019feef54812021-06-23Verified
Maine State AGbd_85f50a957b35567c2021-06-23Verified
Indiana State AGbd_a1c1440c614a7dcb2021-06-23Verified
California State AGbd_ce0b8af5291c5d002021-06-23Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_f50c25dd3c8701442021-06-23Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ff6168e51444d3192021-06-28 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_34e43eea60d60fed2021-01-01 · +173dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Asset Marketing Services, LLC
norm: asset marketing
Domain: govmint.com
Also named: Asset Marketing Services, LLCdba oflegal entity
GovMint.comdba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & ConsumerllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: May 3, 2021
Breach occurred: May 21, 2020 – May 3, 2021
Undetected for: 347 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 23, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,332state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 300-399dexposure 300-399d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified regulatory authorities, as required by law
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the event
Performed a comprehensive review of all information potentially impacted
Conducted a manual review of their records to determine the identities and contact information for potentially impacted individuals
Notified law enforcement
Providing access to credit monitoring services for 12 months, through Epiq, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards
Increased the frequency of our patching updates
Hired experts to enhance our cybersecurity response and detection
Installed additional firewalls
Implemented additional limits to mitigate further risk
Upgraded software and hardware on all firewalls and malware scanning programs across all servers and desktops
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Oregon State AG+173d

Maine State AG+173d

Indiana State AG+173d

California State AG+173d

Massachusetts State AG+173d

Washington State AG+173d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+178d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jun 28 (NH) — a 178-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/BreachM10489.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 23, 2021
Raw hash: e0fa5ed91b3c3f4a733e2805043560d3d2c450874c6ff74da10c8a8bc76ffb27

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAsset Marketing Services, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 3, 2021

Stated responseImmediately launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the event

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com