HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

V H Blackinton & Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 30, 2024

Filed

Sep 11, 2024

To disclose

12 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for V H Blackinton & Company →

V H Blackinton & Company, Inc. notified consumers on September 11, 2024, of a data breach discovered on August 30, 2024. An unauthorized actor accessed systems containing names and Social Security numbers. The company engaged forensic experts, secured the network, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance via Cyberscout/TransUnion. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Vermont clock✓ VT AG ≤14 bday12 days 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 · 12 days

Aug 30, 2024

Discovered

Sep 11, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_506f69c86b408aa32024-09-11Verified
Maine State AGbd_a08eed9cbb76bc862024-09-11Candidate

Name: V H Blackinton & Company
norm: v h blackinton

Name: V H Blackinton & Company
norm: v h blackinton
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 30, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 11, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the network
Launched an investigation, aided by independent cybersecurity experts
Enlisted outside cybersecurity experts to conduct a forensic investigation
Implemented additional security measures
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to help reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 days(12 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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 11 · first

Maine State AGSep 11 · first

Vermont State AGSep 11 · 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/2024-09-11-v-h-blackinton-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: Sep 11, 2024
Raw hash: 270611aba175602b98c68124a757c59c03da5c1cb73f3464de949f5fe2feac5d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityV H Blackinton & Company

Victim entityV H Blackinton & Company

Incidentdiscovered Aug 30, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure the network

ComplianceVT AG ≤14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov