UnknownRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

Altrec, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 7, 2012

Filed

May 24, 2012

To disclose

17 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Altrec, Inc. →

Altrec, Inc. discovered a potential information security incident on May 7, 2012, involving the storage of American Express card account numbers, expiration dates, security codes, names, and addresses in its database. The potential compromise window is June 2010 to March 2012. Forensic investigators found no evidence of a breach, but the company deleted the stored card data and reported the incident to the U.S. Secret Service. Affected California residents were offered one year of Experian ProtectMyID.

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California clockDiscovered May 7, 2012 → Notified May 24, 201217d ✓ CA 60-day OK17 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 706 days

discovery → filing · 17 days

Jun 1, 2010

Begins

May 7, 2012

Discovered

May 24, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_c1eaa499387e9b2d2012-05-24Verified

Name: Altrec, Inc.
norm: altrec
Domain: altrec.com

Name: Altrec, Inc.
norm: altrec
Domain: altrec.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 7, 2012
Breach occurred: Jun 1, 2010 – Mar 31, 2012
Undetected for: 706 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 24, 2012
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to the U.S. Secret Service

During the incident: Engaged a leading forensic security firm to identify whether our systems had been compromised
Addressed the vulnerability identified internally and by the forensic investigators
Deleted all card information
Reported this incident to the U.S. Secret Service and are fully cooperating with their investigation
Changes made: Will continue to explore further security enhancing measures as new technologies become available
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 17d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: May 7, 2012
→ Notified: May 24, 2012
17d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 7, 2012 → Notified: May 24, 2012	17d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMay 24 · first

California State AGMay 24 · 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.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-23270
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 24, 2012
Raw hash: d200f76915aaf81c60c88e39d6950614ce97920b939ba4936c0b86fcb02fe63a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAltrec, Inc.

Victim entityAltrec, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 7, 2012

Stated responseEngaged a leading forensic security firm to identify whether our systems had been compromised

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov