PhysicalRetail & ConsumerRetailTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 3, 2012

Filed

Jul 26, 2012

To disclose

23 days

Affected

310state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. →

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. notified New Hampshire AG that five laptops containing employee names and SSNs were stolen from an outside auditor's offices during May 18-20, 2012. Petco learned of the theft on July 3, 2012. 310 NH residents were affected. Petco offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 46 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

May 18, 2012

Begins

Jul 3, 2012

Discovered

Jul 26, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

4 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_657de2d435d27d462012-07-26Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_16ceb346aeb0858b2012-07-27 · +1dVerified

Name: PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.
norm: petco animal supplies
Domain: petco.com

Name: PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.
norm: petco animal supplies
Domain: petco.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jul 3, 2012
Breach occurred: May 18, 2012 – May 20, 2012
Undetected for: 46 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 2012
Affected individuals: 310state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged a new auditor
Examined the new auditor's security procedures
Offering one year of credit monitoring at no cost
Changes made: Examined the new auditor's security procedures to confirm that the auditor will provide reasonable and appropriate safeguards for 401(k) plan information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 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 AGJul 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 26 · 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/petco-20120726.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 26, 2012
Raw hash: 0d4a5d76935307a1ce05ddb0a1f08397b54fd073ef7274b2e643da2221259d31

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.

Victim entityPETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 3, 2012

Stated responseEngaged a new auditor

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov