PhysicalRetail & ConsumerRetailTheftEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 16, 2014

Filed

Nov 25, 2014

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

143state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC. →2 incidents on file

Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. reported the theft of a laptop containing unencrypted employee data, including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The laptop was stolen from a rental vehicle on October 16, 2014. 143 New Hampshire residents were affected. Godiva notified law enforcement, investigated the contents, and offered one year of credit monitoring to affected employees. Remediation includes implementing whole disk encryption and enhancing staff education.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Oct 16, 2014

Begins

Oct 16, 2014

Discovered

Nov 25, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

California State AGbd_db9a7e0e9141ab492014-11-25Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_b7b75d2996f5d0662014-11-26 · +1dVerified

Name: Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.
norm: godiva chocolatier

Name: GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.
norm: godiva chocolatier
Domain: godiva.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 16, 2014
Breach occurred: Oct 16, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 26, 2014
Affected individuals: 143state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Conducted an investigation to determine what information was contained on the laptop
Notifying all employees whose information may potentially have been on the laptop
Providing them with a complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s® ProtectMyID® Alert
Changes made: Implementing whole disk encryption for the laptops of employees who have authorized access to confidential information
Adding procedures to minimize the risks involved with the handling of confidential information
Enhancing staff education regarding the safeguarding of company property and information
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGNov 25 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 25 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/godiva-chocolatier-20141125.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 25, 2014
Raw hash: 1a1d8733853b069adbbb5933cca72fd41807db6765b2b11faba458f34feb1913

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGodiva Chocolatier, Inc.

Victim entityGODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 16, 2014

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov