HackingTechnologyInformationVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)MediumContained

WEB.COM GROUP, INC.

bd_fb1d91b4e6eefb72 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 13, 2015

Filed

Aug 18, 2015

To disclose

5 days

Affected

1,595state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for WEB.COM GROUP, INC. →3 incidents on file

Web.com Group, Inc. notified the Washington AG that on August 13, 2015, it discovered a cyberattack compromising customer PII (names, addresses) and credit card numbers for 1,595 Washington residents. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified card issuers and law enforcement, and provided one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 days

Aug 13, 2015

Discovered

Aug 18, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_dd6de7d5503d5dfb2015-08-19 · +1dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_829101eda9699d542015-08-24 · +6dVerified

Name: WEB.COM GROUP, INC.
norm: webcom group

Name: WEB.COM GROUP, INC.
norm: webcom group
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Aug 13, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 18, 2015
Affected individuals: 1,595state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Financial account numberName
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General's Office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Working with a nationally recognized IT security firm to conduct a thorough investigation
Notified the credit card companies
Provided credit card companies with affected credit card numbers
Notified law enforcement officials
Cooperating with law enforcement investigation
Shut down unauthorized activity
Changes made: Providing one-year of free credit monitoring services
Offering complimentary one-year membership of Experian's ProtectMyID Alert
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Washington State AGAug 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Aug 18 (WA), last Aug 24 (SC) — a 6-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/BreachM9583.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 18, 2015
Raw hash: e64aeada9c32659bf72b23fb3568e275f422b32064f8b2b82c7deb4bfa05e083

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWEB.COM GROUP, INC.

Victim entityWEB.COM GROUP, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 13, 2015

Stated responseWorking with a nationally recognized IT security firm to conduct a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com