HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

The Hartz Mountain Corporation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 7, 2024

Filed

Oct 18, 2024

To disclose

11 days

Affected · nationwide

7,7405 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Hartz Mountain Corporation →

The Hartz Mountain Corporation experienced an external system breach on March 7, 2024. The incident compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 7,740 individuals, including 5 Maine residents. The breach was discovered on October 7, 2024, and written notifications were sent to affected individuals on October 18, 2024.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d11 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 214 days

discovery → filing · 11 days

Mar 7, 2024

Begins

Oct 7, 2024

Discovered

Oct 18, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim predates this filing by 225 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_9e066c177e21348a2024-03-07 · +225dVerified

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_301e1931beae872b2024-10-18Verified
Indiana State AGbd_3323b24c4b4be3542024-10-18Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_fcbb8c03953447622024-10-18Verified
Illinois State AGbd_66fae1c9e75426ea2024-10-01 · +17dCandidate

Name: The Hartz Mountain Corporation
norm: the hartz mountain
Domain: hartz.com

Name: The Hartz Mountain Corporation
norm: the hartz mountain
Domain: hartz.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 7, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 7, 2024
Undetected for: 214 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 18, 2024
Affected individuals: 7,740state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: providing written notice of this event to relevant regulatorsproviding written notice... to the three major credit reporting agencies
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Investigated the nature and scope of the activity
Undertook a comprehensive review of the accessible dataset
Assessed the security of Hartz systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing individuals with information on how to place fraud alerts and credit freezes on their credit files
Providing written notice of this event to relevant regulators
Providing written notice... to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Implement additional appropriate safeguards
Provide necessary training to its employees
Implemented additional technical safeguards to help prevent a similar event in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dME AG ≤30d · 11d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Oct 7, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Oct 18, 2024
11d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 7, 2024 → Filed with AG: Oct 18, 2024	11d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Illinois State AGOct 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+17d

Indiana State AG+17d

Massachusetts State AG+17d

Maine State AG+17d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 1 (IL), last Oct 18 (ME) — a 17-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f669d624-7761-43a3-82f0-bb7e357a78f6.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 18, 2024
Raw hash: d6e1a850e7449f831b259ff27d554cf676b17566a4dc9380df6f93555d424be3

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Hartz Mountain Corporation

Victim entityThe Hartz Mountain Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Oct 7, 2024

Stated responseInvestigated the nature and scope of the activity

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov