HackingTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Growth Builders LLC

bd_115a1eafbc2ad0f9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 5, 2023

Filed

Jul 18, 2024

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Growth Builders LLC →

Growth Builders LLC notified consumers of a data breach involving its third-party IT provider, HRTec. Suspicious activity was identified on December 5, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed network information. Data involved names and unspecified data elements. Growth engaged forensic specialists, secured its environment, and offered credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday32 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 226 days

Dec 5, 2023

Discovered

Jul 18, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_6aa9ecaa3ac611022024-07-19 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_0d8b496bc6cb4abe2024-07-15 · +3dVerified

Name: Growth Builders LLC
norm: growth builders

Name: Growth Builders LLC
norm: growth builders
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 5, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 18, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Human Resources Technologies, Inc. (HRTec)
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Contacted HRTec
Engaged independent third-party forensic specialists
Secured our environment
Undertook a thorough investigation
Engaged a new third-party IT services provider
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Engaged a new third-party IT services provider
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(226 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGJul 15 · first

Vermont State AG+3d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-07-18-growth-builders-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 18, 2024
Raw hash: 1a325d0e952afc22d82dd583476519f4897f9fd4f8a5b603860b49b605731638

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGrowth Builders LLC

Victim entityGrowth Builders LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 5, 2023

Stated responseContacted HRTec

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov