MalwareManufacturingRetail & ConsumerManufacturingRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsPIILowContained

BLAUER MANUFACTURING CO., INC.

bd_e8dcc53b85b69c36 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 25, 2018

Filed

Dec 31, 2018

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for BLAUER MANUFACTURING CO., INC. →2 incidents on file

Blauer Manufacturing Co. disclosed that unknown intruders installed malware on its online retail platform between September 13 and 25, 2018. The malware intercepted credit card numbers and CV codes from customers submitting orders. Blauer discovered the incident on September 25, 2018, disabled the malware, and engaged forensic investigators. The company is offering 12 months of identity monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 12 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Sep 13, 2018

Begins

Sep 25, 2018

Discovered

Dec 31, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2205f9ce57b6c6c82018-12-31Verified

Name: BLAUER MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
norm: blauer manufacturing
Domain: blauer.com

Name: BLAUER MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
norm: blauer manufacturing
Domain: blauer.com
Industry: ManufacturingllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 25, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 13, 2018 – Sep 25, 2018
Undetected for: 12 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentialsPII
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notifying state regulators, as required
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps the same day to disable the malware
Retained outside forensic investigators to evaluate that malware, its duration and its operation
Examined and continue to assess our systems, policies and procedures
Implemented additional safeguards
Offering complimentary access to 12 months of identity monitoring, fraud consultation and identity theft restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Examined and continue to assess our systems, policies and procedures
Implemented additional safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 31 · first

Montana State AGDec 31 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Blauer-Manufacturing-Company.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 31, 2018
Raw hash: 0598d50ca10544847a196af90c9c16bbb9c9fa95b4ea07f9a242506abbf364f4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBLAUER MANUFACTURING CO., INC.

Victim entityBLAUER MANUFACTURING CO., INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 25, 2018

Stated responseTook steps the same day to disable the malware

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov