HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountCredentialsLowContained

Makeup Geek, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 18, 2017

Filed

Jan 19, 2018

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Makeup Geek, LLC →3 incidents on file

Makeup Geek, LLC notified NH AG of a breach affecting 10 NH residents. Malicious keystroke-logging code was inserted into the customer web portal, intercepting credit card data before encryption. Breach occurred Dec 4, 2017; discovered Dec 18, 2017. Malware removed and security patch applied.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Dec 4, 2017

Begins

Dec 18, 2017

Discovered

Jan 19, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_5bb819488548ab962018-02-08 · +20dCandidate

Name: Makeup Geek, LLC
norm: makeup geek

Name: Makeup Geek, LLC
norm: makeup geek
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 18, 2017
Breach occurred: Dec 4, 2017
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1056 Input CaptureT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General's office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a cybersecurity firm that conducted an investigation
Eliminated the malware code from its system
Applied a security patch on December 19th
Undertook to identify all potentially affected customers
Provided written notification to all affected individuals
Changes made: Applied a security patch
Implemented more robust security measures to prevent future similar incidents
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGJan 19 · first · this page

Montana State AG+20d

Pattern: first filing Jan 19 (NH), last Feb 8 (MT) — a 20-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/makeup-geek-20180119.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2018
Raw hash: 68867c3d36d18456ce170744f4a6a5d3b0d9ec462cb1afb77ed38730974b84dc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMakeup Geek, LLC

Victim entityMakeup Geek, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 18, 2017

Stated responseEngaged a cybersecurity firm that conducted an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov