MalwareManufacturingRetail & ConsumerManufacturingRansomwareData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Liberty Hardware Manufacturing Corporation

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 1, 2016

Filed

Feb 24, 2017

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Liberty Hardware Manufacturing Corporation →

Liberty Hardware Manufacturing Corporation notified Montana residents of a data breach involving its third-party provider, Aptos. The incident, discovered in November 2016, involved malware placed on Aptos' servers between February and December 2016. Customer data including names, addresses, and payment card numbers were accessed. Liberty Hardware engaged All Clear ID for credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 274 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 115 days

Feb 1, 2016

Begins

Nov 1, 2016

Discovered

Feb 24, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Liberty Hardware Manufacturing Corporation
norm: liberty hardware manufacturing

Name: Liberty Hardware Manufacturing Corporation
norm: liberty hardware manufacturing
Industry: ManufacturingllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 1, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
Undetected for: 274 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 24, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Aptos contacted Federal law enforcement agencies and the U.S. Department of Justice
Third party: via Aptos
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Worked with Aptos to learn more about the incident
Engaged All Clear ID to provide credit monitoring service
Changes made: Removed malware from systems
Actively monitoring the platform to safeguard personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(115 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Liberty-Hardware-Manufacturing-Corporation.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 24, 2017
Raw hash: 50b96209f4e810560ce30c50ae17a6d949c0e73b19499189d94468dd6e03ba93

Reporting entityLiberty Hardware Manufacturing Corporation

Victim entityLiberty Hardware Manufacturing Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Nov 1, 2016

Stated responseWorked with Aptos to learn more about the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov