HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

BENCHMADE KNIFE CO., INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 10, 2018

Filed

Dec 26, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BENCHMADE KNIFE CO., INC. →

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. notified the NH AG of a data security incident affecting 9 NH residents. Unauthorized access to payment card data (name, address, card number, CVV) occurred between Sept 1 and Oct 10, 2018, via the company website. Discovered Oct 10, 2018. Benchmade shut down the site, engaged forensic investigators, and notified affected individuals on Dec 21, 2018.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 39 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

Sep 1, 2018

Begins

Oct 10, 2018

Discovered

Dec 26, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2fd0a22e211bc0d22018-12-21 · +5dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_acef8f641a21d90f2018-12-21 · +5dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: BENCHMADE KNIFE CO., INC.
norm: benchmade knife
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 10, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2018 – Oct 10, 2018
Undetected for: 39 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 21, 2018
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProviding written notice of this incident to other state regulators, as necessary
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Shut down its website
Began remediation efforts
Worked with third-party forensic investigators
Implemented additional safeguards and training to its employees
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Issued a press release to prominent media outlets serving New Hampshire
Posted notice on their website
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and training to its employees
Updated processes to further strengthen its systems to protect customer debit or credit card information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(77 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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Montana State AGDec 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 21 (MT), last Dec 26 (NH) — a 5-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/benchmade-knife-20181226.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 26, 2018
Raw hash: bccf6b252690797561a4825dc911d35de6a38a62b6d1b1a6021af365eda4792b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityBENCHMADE KNIFE CO., INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 10, 2018

Stated responseShut down its website

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov