HackingRetailVulnerability ExploitSkimmerDelayed DiscoverySupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Great Companions

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 23, 2023

Filed

Oct 19, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,60142 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Great Companions →2 incidents on file

Great Companions, a retail company, reported a data breach impacting 42 Maine residents after unauthorized code was added to its third-party hosted e-commerce website. The incident occurred on November 24, 2021, and was discovered on August 23, 2023. Exposed data includes customer names and financial account information, such as credit/debit card numbers and security codes. The company notified affected individuals and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 23, 2023 → Filed with AG Oct 19, 202357d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 637 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Nov 24, 2021

Begins

Aug 23, 2023

Discovered

Oct 19, 2023

Filed

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

Part of CommerceV3 supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_1b88822ab27031182023-10-19Verified
Vermont State AGbd_1d87705d273f2b702023-10-19Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c9063fcb31d498e32023-10-19Verified
Indiana State AGbd_c9ca8345e683b77c2023-10-19Verified

Name: Great Companions
norm: great companions

Name: Great Companions
norm: great companions

Discovered: Aug 23, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 24, 2021
Undetected for: 637 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 19, 2023
Affected individuals: 4,601state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected Maine residents.
Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 57d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 23, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Oct 19, 2023
57d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 23, 2023 → Filed with AG: Oct 19, 2023	57d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGOct 19 · first

Vermont State AGOct 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 19 · first

Indiana State AGOct 19 · first

Maine State AGOct 19 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/324dc30e-6bdf-4b37-9ee0-89e725ca08ba.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 19, 2023
Raw hash: 97d9f9645d200129007ef21b322cca1349bd83188a1b49bab9accec9132d8879

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGreat Companions

Victim entityGreat Companions

Incidentdiscovered Aug 23, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected Maine residents.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov