HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Peterson Holding Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 27, 2023

Filed

Aug 1, 2024

To disclose

13 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Peterson Holding Company →

Peterson Holding Company detected irregular network activity between June 27-28, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed certain computer systems and potentially acquired files containing personal information, including names and Social Security Numbers. The company contained the incident, changed passwords, and engaged in a file review concluding May 8, 2024. Affected individuals are offered credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday13 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 months / 401 days

Jun 27, 2023

Begins

Jun 27, 2023

Discovered

Aug 1, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_4ae753a02996f2d62024-08-01Candidate
California State AGbd_80a04d11b90569602024-08-01Verified
Oregon State AGbd_cdf9caf71ed0fd2b2024-08-01Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d1bf94f52b5219e32024-08-01Verified

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Montana State AGbd_df3b8472c353c14f2024-08-01Verified
Indiana State AGbd_f6d54dd97d83a8e52024-08-01Verified

Name: Peterson Holding Company
norm: peterson holding
Domain: petersoncat.com

Name: Peterson Holding Company
norm: peterson holding
Domain: petersoncat.com

Discovered: Jun 27, 2023
Breach occurred: Jun 27, 2023 – Jun 28, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notifying relevant regulatory authorities, as required

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity
Took steps to contain the incident, including scanning and isolating relevant servers
Changed accounts passwords
Undertook a thorough review of the impacted files to determine whether they contained any sensitive information
Reported the incident to law enforcement and are cooperating with their investigation
Notifying relevant regulatory authorities, as required
Offering access to credit monitoring services at no charge
Changes made: Reviewing our policies and procedures
Assessing new cybersecurity tools, to prevent similar incidents going forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(401 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Maine State AGAug 1 · first

California State AGAug 1 · first

Oregon State AGAug 1 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 1 · first

Montana State AGAug 1 · first

Indiana State AGAug 1 · first

Vermont State AGAug 1 · first · this page

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/2024-08-01-peterson-holding-company-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 1, 2024
Raw hash: f21763f67fa9bb75805d5386786a6dd23f17fdb2df251b669df4a62824e59b9d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPeterson Holding Company

Victim entityPeterson Holding Company

Incidentdiscovered Jun 27, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov