HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Aim Inc

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 4, 2016

Filed

Apr 27, 2016

To disclose

23 days

Affected

1,143state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Aim Inc →

AIM Inc notified South Carolina residents of a breach involving unauthorized access to images uploaded via a website document upload feature for firearms license age verification. The incident, discovered April 4, 2016, exposed names and driver's license numbers. AIM engaged a security firm, alerted law enforcement, removed images, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due23 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 days

Apr 4, 2016

Discovered

Apr 27, 2016

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

Washington State AGbd_b5ed7d6e32d490372016-04-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_01902d3e0c577b1d2016-04-02 · +25dCandidate

Name: Aim Inc
norm: aim
Domain: aiminc.com

Name: Aim Inc
norm: aim
Domain: aiminc.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 4, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 26, 2016
Affected individuals: 1,143state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: alerted law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Conducted an investigation
Engaged a leading security firm
Alerted law enforcement
Removed all of the images from the website server
Worked with the security firm and the vendor that hosts the website to enhance the security of the upload feature
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s® ProtectMyID® Alert
Changes made: Enhanced security measures
Security firm conducted a review of the entire website to look for any other issues
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 2 · first

Washington State AG+25d

South Carolina State AG+25d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 2 (NH), last Apr 27 (SC) — a 25-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.

Source URL: https://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2016/AIMInc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 27, 2016
Raw hash: 014db452649228915b546444614474cd9a2a840a224c85d9b53f47a3be17b2eb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAim Inc

Victim entityAim Inc

Incidentdiscovered Apr 4, 2016

Stated responseConducted an investigation

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov