HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Pennsylvania General Store

bd_179afd80b1715883 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 6, 2023

Filed

Oct 27, 2023

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

34state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pennsylvania General Store →

The Pennsylvania General Store notified customers of a data security incident involving its third-party e-commerce platform, CommerceV3. Unauthorized access occurred between Nov 24, 2021 and Dec 14, 2022, likely via stolen credentials. Impacted data included names, emails, billing addresses, and full payment card details (number, CVV, expiration). The incident was discovered on June 6, 2023. Forensic investigation confirmed the breach; no evidence of misuse was found at the time of notice.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 559 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 143 days

Nov 24, 2021

Begins

Jun 6, 2023

Discovered

Oct 27, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of CommerceV3 supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0a85d081d999d2b52023-10-27Verified by operator
California State AGbd_4c4e49ad2408dba32023-10-27Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_cb5fa488000416622023-10-27Verified
Indiana State AGbd_229a53d6a2ad0b652023-09-15 · +42dVerified by operator

Name: Pennsylvania General Store
norm: pennsylvania general store

Name: Pennsylvania General Store
norm: pennsylvania general store
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 6, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 24, 2021 – Dec 14, 2022
Undetected for: 559 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2023
Affected individuals: 34state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via CommerceV3
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: CommerceV3 conducted a forensic investigation alongside third-party cybersecurity experts
CommerceV3 conducted a review of the potentially affected data to identify the individuals whose information was potentially contained therein for notification purposes
CommerceV3 implemented additional security measures designed to protect the privacy of its customers' data
Changes made: CommerceV3 implemented additional security measures designed to protect the privacy of its customers' data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(143 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGSep 15 · first

Maine State AG+42d

California State AG+42d

Massachusetts State AG+42d

Montana State AG+42d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 15 (IN), last Oct 27 (MT) — a 42-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-801.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 27, 2023
Raw hash: 178a2b84c686d1e8ba18528732aab5c85cad902f985176ed1796719b3f7c4987

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPennsylvania General Store

Victim entityPennsylvania General Store

Incidentdiscovered Jun 6, 2023

Stated responseCommerceV3 conducted a forensic investigation alongside third-party cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov