MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

AeroGrow International Inc

bd_f0a43c62e782c202 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 4, 2019

Filed

Apr 5, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

667state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for AeroGrow International Inc →2 incidents on file

AeroGrow International Inc. notified Washington AG of a cyberattack where malicious code compromised payment card information (number, expiration, CVV) via an eCommerce vendor's payment page. The code was present from Oct 29, 2018, to Mar 4, 2019. 667 Washington residents affected. AeroGrow removed code, secured site, notified law enforcement, engaged third-party experts, and offered 1 year of Experian identity protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 126 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Oct 29, 2018

Begins

Mar 4, 2019

Discovered

Apr 5, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_264c84d3fb8cd5502019-04-04 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_8a5652e1e15958282019-04-04 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_96daf0e6a27f8aaa2019-04-04 · +1dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_c27e06adbb0023f92019-04-04 · +1dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_a3366bdb8a26803f2019-04-17 · +12dVerified

Name: AeroGrow International Inc
norm: aerogrow international

Name: AeroGrow International Inc
norm: aerogrow international
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 4, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 29, 2018 – Mar 4, 2019
Undetected for: 126 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 5, 2019
Affected individuals: 667state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: informed law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removed the malicious code and secured the website
Informed law enforcement and will cooperate with their investigation
Engaged a third-party expert to conduct a thorough review of our security protocols
Offering you one year of identity protection services at no cost to you through Experian
Changes made: Engaged a third-party expert to conduct a thorough review of our security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 4 · first

California State AGApr 4 · first

Oregon State AGApr 4 · first

Montana State AGApr 4 · first

Washington State AG+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Apr 4 (MA), last Apr 17 (NH) — a 13-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10559.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 5, 2019
Raw hash: 2b91a8ce39e959a2eeb1fc514b6de1c9afe0cc00a4e4f57473d3f8cf68927674

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAeroGrow International Inc

Victim entityAeroGrow International Inc

Incidentdiscovered Mar 4, 2019

Stated responseRemoved the malicious code and secured the website

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com