HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

EMPIRE Distribution Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 7, 2025

Filed

Aug 29, 2025

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for EMPIRE Distribution Inc. →2 incidents on file

EMPIRE Distribution Inc. notified consumers of a July 7, 2025 cyber incident where an unknown third party accessed internal systems. Compromised data included names, SSNs, and bank account numbers. The company engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday8 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 · 8 weeks / 53 days

Jul 7, 2025

Discovered

Aug 29, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_aee626f5c0a1058a2025-08-29Verified
Indiana State AGbd_c20c84711159dc9e2025-08-29Verified
California State AGbd_6a44767cad24fcf72025-09-26 · +28dVerified
Maine State AGbd_9b7753225c6a77892025-09-26 · +28dCandidate

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New Hampshire State AGbd_020c3b5bcc3121422025-09-30 · +32dVerified

Name: EMPIRE Distribution Inc.
norm: empire distribution

Name: EMPIRE Distribution Inc.
norm: empire distribution
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jul 7, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 29, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged cybersecurity experts and external consultants to help investigate the incident and assess its impact
Informed federal law enforcement of this incident
Arranged for you, at your option, to enroll in a complimentary two-year credit monitoring service
Engaged IDX to provide you with its Identity Protection Services
Changes made: Taken steps to investigate, assess, and improve the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Nebraska State AGAug 29 · first

Indiana State AGAug 29 · first

Vermont State AGAug 29 · first · this page

California State AG+28d

Maine State AG+28d

New Hampshire State AG+32d

Pattern: first filing Aug 29 (NE), last Sep 30 (NH) — a 32-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-08-29-empire-distribution-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 29, 2025
Raw hash: d8d13e7c9b6f58359902c1008fc49c31efabb95bfda57031f644bede42caecbf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEMPIRE Distribution Inc.

Victim entityEMPIRE Distribution Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 7, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov