HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedTargetedPCIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowActive

HairBow Center

bd_ece37997c585b80f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 26, 2018

Filed

Oct 26, 2018

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for HairBow Center →

Hairbow Center, LLC notified the NH AG of a data security incident involving a third-party vendor, Shopper Approved, LLC. A malicious actor modified code on Shopper's system to capture payment card info from Hairbow's website between Sept 15-17, 2018. Hairbow learned of the incident on Sept 26, 2018. Four NH residents were notified.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Sep 15, 2018

Begins

Sep 26, 2018

Discovered

Oct 26, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Part of Shopper Approved, LLC supply-chain incident (2018) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: HairBow Center
norm: hairbow center
Domain: hairbowcenter.com

Name: HairBow Center
norm: hairbow center
Domain: hairbowcenter.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 15, 2018 – Sep 17, 2018
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 19, 2018
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PCIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1056 Input CaptureT1071 Application Layer Protocol
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Removed the Shopper seal from its website
Shopper removed the modified computer code
Shopper launched an investigation
Shopper engaged a leading cybersecurity investigation firm
Shopper contacted law enforcement
Changes made: Shopper is continuing to review and enhance the company’s security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/hairbow-center-20181026.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 26, 2018
Raw hash: 93955b8fbcaa46584cd9cf0857b9886562135bd376c3c7643613dbc544606fd1

Reporting entityHairBow Center

Victim entityHairBow Center

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2018

Stated responseRemoved the Shopper seal from its website

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov