HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

AB Acquisition LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 14, 2014

Filed

Aug 29, 2014

To disclose

15 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for AB Acquisition LLC →

AB Acquisition LLC (operating Shaw's stores) notified NH AG of unauthorized access to payment card data at 28 NH stores. Intrusion occurred June 22-July 17, 2014. Data potentially included names and card numbers. No evidence of misuse found. Substitute notice provided via website and media. Identity protection services offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 53 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Jun 22, 2014

Begins

Aug 14, 2014

Discovered

Aug 29, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: AB Acquisition LLC
norm: ab acquisition

Name: AB Acquisition LLC
norm: ab acquisition
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 14, 2014
Breach occurred: Jun 22, 2014 – Jul 17, 2014
Undetected for: 53 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 14, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
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: Received letter from New Hampshire Department of Justice requesting additional information
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified appropriate federal law enforcement authorities
Working closely with third party IT service provider, Supervalu, to investigate
Engaged third-party data forensic experts
Provided substitute notice on Shaw's websites
Notified major nationwide and statewide media through press release
Offered complimentary consumer identity protection services through AllClear ID
Changes made: Offered 12 months of complimentary consumer identity protection services through AllClear ID
Provided information on obtaining free credit reports and placing fraud alerts or security freezes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/ab-acquisition-20140829.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 29, 2014
Raw hash: 264ed86666cdec618355e07499deb3795ada4727c0edf89f0018851e22cdcd81

Reporting entityAB Acquisition LLC

Victim entityAB Acquisition LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 14, 2014

Stated responseNotified appropriate federal law enforcement authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov