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MalwareTechnologyRetail & ConsumerInformationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Aptos

bd_d70604f71608d864 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 1, 2016

Filed

Mar 3, 2017

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

2,858state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Aptos

Aptos, Inc., an e-commerce platform provider, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident involving malicious software (ransomware) on its systems. The intrusion occurred between February 2016 and December 2016, affecting customer demographic and payment card data (including CVV2) for 2,858 New Hampshire residents. Aptos reported the incident to the FBI and DOJ, engaged a cybersecurity firm to remove malware and strengthen access controls, and facilitated notification to affected retailers and consumers.

Incident timeline

undetected · 274 days
discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 122 days

Feb 1, 2016

Begins

Nov 1, 2016

Discovered

Mar 3, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident
Part of Aptos supply-chain incident (2017) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filingup to 21d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGFeb 25 · first
California State AGFeb 25 · first
New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 25 (NH), last Mar 24 (OR) — a 27-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.