DisclosureLens
HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailSQL InjectionTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

GT Distributors

bd_d4a5dbf20fc11ff5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 28, 2017

Filed

Aug 25, 2017

To disclose

28 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for GT Distributors →2 incidents on file

GT Distributors, Inc. notified customers that an unauthorized third party accessed its e-commerce servers between May 16 and July 10, 2017, capturing payment card data via malicious code. The company engaged a security firm, removed the code, and sent notices on August 25, 2017.

Incident timeline

undetected · 73 days
discovery → filing · 28 days

May 16, 2017

Begins

Jul 28, 2017

Discovered

Aug 25, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGAug 25 · first
New Hampshire State AGAug 25 · first
Montana State AGAug 25 · first · this page

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.