DisclosureLens
MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailInfostealerSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

Audio Advisor, Inc.

bd_cfab372bd4837290 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 1, 2022

Filed

Sep 16, 2022

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Audio Advisor, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Audio Advisor, Inc. notified customers that payment card information may have been compromised due to malware on servers of third-party vendor Freestyle Solutions. The incident affected transactions between September 18, 2020, and February 3, 2022. Malware was designed to collect cardholder name, payment card number, verification code, and expiration date. No SSNs or other personal info were impacted.

California clockDiscovered Feb 1, 2022 → Notified Sep 16, 2022227d ✗ CA 60-day late32 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 501 days
discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 227 days

Sep 18, 2020

Begins

Feb 1, 2022

Discovered

Sep 16, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

Part of FreeStyle Solutions supply-chain incident (2022) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

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.