HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryCredentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

BeerAdvocate.com, Inc.

bd_d30ed8f257badd80 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 17, 2020

Filed

Jul 17, 2020

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

897state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BeerAdvocate.com, Inc. →

Next Glass, Inc. notified the Delaware Attorney General on July 17, 2020, regarding a data breach affecting up to 897 Delaware residents. The breach involved BeerAdvocate.com, Inc. user login credentials (email and forum password) compromised between 2012 and 2013. The data was aggregated into the 'CouponMom 2014' dataset. No financial or highly sensitive identity-theft-prone information was accessed. Next Glass initiated password resets, migrated to secure infrastructure, and upgraded security measures including 2FA and SHA-256 hashing.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

undetected · 3120 days

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Jan 1, 2012

Begins

Jul 17, 2020

Discovered

Jul 17, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

19 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed897 affectedView incident

Name: Next Glass™
norm: next glass
Domain: nextglass.co

Name: BeerAdvocate.com, Inc.
norm: beeradvocatecom
Domain: beeradvocate.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jul 17, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2012 – Dec 31, 2013
Undetected for: 3,120 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 17, 2020
Affected individuals: 897state-resident count only
Data types: CredentialsPII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Delaware Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Sent breach notification e-mails to all of the user-base of the Beer Advocate forum
Notified the Delaware Attorney General
Initiated password resets
Migrated BeerAdvocate's platform to a more secure infrastructure
Upgraded forum software and password hashing scheme to salted multiple iteration-SHA-256
Implemented two-factor authentication (2FA) for all users
Ensured website traffic is encrypted and routed through a reputable internet security provider
Changes made: Upgraded forum software and password hashing scheme to salted multiple iteration-SHA-256
Implemented two-factor authentication (2FA) for all users
Ensured website traffic is encrypted and routed through a reputable internet security provider
Migrated BeerAdvocate's platform to a more secure infrastructure
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(0 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/08/2020-0717-Next-Glass-Delaware-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 17, 2020
Raw hash: cb98c8337c0290c884a19eb2142216ed615b4cf9348275e3cd7921124012e990

Reporting entityNext Glass™

Victim entityBeerAdvocate.com, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 17, 2020

Stated responseSent breach notification e-mails to all of the user-base of the Beer Advocate forum

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov