HackingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Astral Brands, Inc.

bd_1f7d7ddaa79fcd73 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 22, 2023

Filed

May 1, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Astral Brands, Inc. →

Astral Brands, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident affecting 4 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred Sept 16-17, 2022; detected March 22, 2022. Personal info from employee files was removed. Response included containment, forensic investigation, and 12-month credit monitoring for affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 187 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Sep 16, 2022

Begins

Mar 22, 2023

Discovered

May 1, 2023

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0aa52b0ed851b5792023-04-25 · +6dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_265288ccc0fa99c52023-04-25 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_300ee5d95478ae952023-04-25 · +6dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_ed54394177ee3ce92023-04-25 · +6dCandidate

Name: Astral Brands, Inc.
norm: astral brands

Name: Astral Brands, Inc.
norm: astral brands

Discovered: Mar 22, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 16, 2022 – Sep 17, 2022
Undetected for: 187 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 25, 2023
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contained the threat by disabling all unauthorized access to its network and restoring its systems as needed
Started a thorough investigation of the matter
Working with external cybersecurity professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents
Providing the affected residents with written notification of this incident
Offering residents complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of the personal information it maintains
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 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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Massachusetts State AGApr 25 · first

Indiana State AGApr 25 · first

Maine State AGApr 25 · first

Montana State AGApr 25 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 25 (MA), last May 1 (NH) — a 6-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/astral-brands-20230501.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 1, 2023
Raw hash: 89fd7566a583f11516ad915df085cb2a72cc3a45280dbbd736544754973f6176

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAstral Brands, Inc.

Victim entityAstral Brands, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 22, 2023

Stated responseContained the threat by disabling all unauthorized access to its network and restoring its systems as needed

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov