HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC

bd_491f2c91941419df · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 3, 2022

Filed

Jun 30, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC →2 incidents on file

Pet Food Experts, LLC notified 583 Rhode Island residents of unauthorized access to employee files between May 1-3, 2022. Suspicious activity was detected on May 3, 2022. Impacted data included names and government IDs. The company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and provided credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

May 1, 2022

Begins

May 3, 2022

Discovered

Jun 30, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c6760019aa0bb0fe2022-06-30Verified
Maine State AGbd_d78ca0108efa4dd22022-06-30Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_e0b7361a17f60f1c2022-06-30Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_71d65c34e9ddfdbb2022-07-05 · +5dVerified

Name: PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC
norm: pet food experts

Name: PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC
norm: pet food experts
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 3, 2022
Breach occurred: May 1, 2022 – May 3, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 30, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notifying regulatory authorities as required by law

During the incident: Launched an in-depth investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Notified law enforcement
Notifying regulatory authorities
Notifying potentially affected individuals
Arranged to have Experian provide credit monitoring services
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 30 · first

Maine State AGJun 30 · first

Indiana State AGJun 30 · first

Montana State AGJun 30 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jun 30 (MA), last Jul 5 (NH) — a 5-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-205.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 30, 2022
Raw hash: a728a99bf74b729e6836b95c8951f652bdf3af5c4d5d9735c67dfcd1f3c093e1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC

Victim entityPET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 3, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an in-depth investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov