HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsCredentialsMediumContained

National Wholesale Company, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 14, 2016

Filed

Nov 3, 2016

To disclose

20 days

Affected

14,281

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for National Wholesale Company, Inc. →2 incidents on file

National Wholesale Incorporated disclosed that unknown individuals targeted its website (www.shopnational.com) and inserted harmful code to monitor customer input during online orders. The incident occurred between September 1 and October 15, 2016, and was discovered on October 14, 2016. Approximately 14,281 customers may have had their name, address, phone, email, payment card number, expiration date, CVV, and potentially username/password compromised. The company removed the malware, engaged IT security firms, and reported the incident to the FBI.

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California clockDiscovered Oct 14, 2016 → Notified Nov 2, 201619d ✓ CA 60-day OK20 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 43 days

discovery → filing · 20 days

Sep 1, 2016

Begins

Oct 14, 2016

Discovered

Nov 3, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4b29f17dfeb6cbff2016-11-03Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_d02d3482ded21fbb2016-11-03Verified
Oregon State AGbd_13dd320df284fccc2016-11-04 · +1dVerified

Name: National Wholesale Company, Inc.
norm: national wholesale
Domain: shopnational.com

Name: National Wholesale Company, Inc.
norm: national wholesale
Domain: shopnational.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 14, 2016
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2016 – Oct 15, 2016
Undetected for: 43 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 2, 2016
Affected individuals: 14,281nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the FBI
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removed the malicious software
Began an investigation
Engaged IT security firms to assist in repairing and securing our website
Reported the incident to the FBI
Changes made: Continuing to take steps to protect you and the confidentiality of your information and to prevent any future incidents of this kind
Implement improvements to keep safe all personal information we maintain
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 19d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Oct 14, 2016
→ Notified: Nov 2, 2016
19d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Oct 14, 2016 → Notified: Nov 2, 2016	19d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGNov 3 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 3 · first

California State AGNov 3 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+1d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-64682
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 3, 2016
Raw hash: 7649d2d0dd891229edb5fd3f497e8dc45b733287e04de04fc30e4db74e0ebb54

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNational Wholesale Company, Inc.

Victim entityNational Wholesale Company, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 14, 2016

Stated responseRemoved the malicious software

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov