HackingOtherDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

EMPIRE Distribution Inc.

bd_020c3b5bcc312142 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 7, 2025

Filed

Sep 30, 2025

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for EMPIRE Distribution Inc. →2 incidents on file

EMPIRE Distribution Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a cyber incident affecting 3 NH residents. Unauthorized access to internal systems occurred between Nov 2024 and July 7, 2025. Data involved: names, SSNs, bank account numbers. EMPIRE engaged forensic experts, notified federal law enforcement, terminated access, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring via IDX.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 248 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 85 days

Nov 1, 2024

Begins

Jul 7, 2025

Discovered

Sep 30, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_6a44767cad24fcf72025-09-26 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_9b7753225c6a77892025-09-26 · +4dCandidate
Vermont State AGbd_3162e72c47adb9ff2025-08-29 · +32dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_aee626f5c0a1058a2025-08-29 · +32dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_c20c84711159dc9e2025-08-29 · +32dVerified

Name: Morrison & Foerster LLP
norm: morrison foerster

Name: EMPIRE Distribution Inc.
norm: empire distribution
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 7, 2025
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2024 – Jul 7, 2025
Undetected for: 248 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 25, 2025
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Informed federal law enforcement

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts and external consultants to help investigate the incident and assess its impact
Informed federal law enforcement of this incident
Promptly terminated the unauthorized access
Took proactive measures designed to limit future unauthorized access
Taken steps to investigate, assess, and improve the security of their systems
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Taken steps to investigate, assess, and improve the security of their systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(85 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGAug 29 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 29 · first

Indiana State AGAug 29 · first

California State AG+28d

Maine State AG+28d

New Hampshire State AG+32d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 29 (VT), last Sep 30 (NH) — a 32-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/empire-distribution-20250930.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 30, 2025
Raw hash: 1dc7efbd58cd350ba18ee089ce32b673c5ed9b484963387d86f87a85d6bb073d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMorrison & Foerster LLP

Victim entityEMPIRE Distribution Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 7, 2025

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts and external consultants to help investigate the incident and assess its impact

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov