MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Combat Brands

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 23, 2017

Filed

Apr 14, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

163state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Combat Brands →3 incidents on file

Combat Brands LLC notified the NH AG of a cyber-attack affecting its e-commerce sites (fightgear.com, fitness1st.com, ringside.com, combatsports.com). Malware compromised debit/credit card data (name, number, expiration, CVV) for 163 NH residents between July 1, 2015, and Feb 23, 2017. The company engaged forensic experts, removed malware, and is cooperating with the FBI.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 603 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Jul 1, 2015

Begins

Feb 23, 2017

Discovered

Apr 14, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_023e5906ac54c1c72017-04-14Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_c1bfc5d63e783c522017-04-17 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_dfbedc2ee6812cb72017-04-17 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ec47f1ffc6d4ddbe2017-04-17 · +3dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Combat Brands
norm: combat brands
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 23, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2015 – Feb 23, 2017
Undetected for: 603 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 14, 2017
Affected individuals: 163state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1074 Data StagedT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProviding written notice to other state regulatorsProviding written notice to national consumer reporting agencies

During the incident: Began investigating unusual activity reported by credit card processor
Worked with third-party forensic experts to investigate reports
Removed malware at issue to prevent further unauthorized access
Working with the Federal Bureau of Investigations to investigate
Established a dedicated hotline for individuals to contact with questions
Providing potentially impacted individuals with helpful information on how to protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice to other state regulators and the national consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Implementing additional procedures to further protect the security of customer debit and credit cards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGApr 14 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 14 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+3d

California State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/combat-brands-20170414.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 14, 2017
Raw hash: 19922eb8301273252bcbcd4d5455c9bcca45b1b5960fbc27fa3ac93b78a258b9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityCombat Brands

Incidentdiscovered Feb 23, 2017

Stated responseBegan investigating unusual activity reported by credit card processor

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov