HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Empire Parent, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 18, 2024

Filed

Mar 1, 2024

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Empire Parent, LLC →

Empire Parent, LLC notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to its network on Jan 18, 2024. Investigation concluded Jan 31, 2024. Approx 3 NH residents affected. Personal info including SSN and credit card numbers accessed. Credit monitoring offered. Incident status active.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Jan 18, 2024

Begins

Jan 18, 2024

Discovered

Mar 1, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Empire Parent, LLC
norm: empire parent
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 18, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 18, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 27, 2024
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Providing the affected residents with written notification
Offering the affected residents whose were impacted complimentary memberships with a credit monitoring service
Advising the affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files and obtaining free credit reports
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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-parent-20240301.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 1, 2024
Raw hash: 388c3a259b56820510f500d3c556f070496287f7f73bbfec998c0aaf11042893

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityEmpire Parent, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 18, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov