HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)LowContained

Barnhart Group, Inc.

bd_5078f0b0e0f480fb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 29, 2025

Filed

Feb 4, 2026

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Barnhart Group, Inc. →

Barnhart Group, Inc. notified consumers of unauthorized access to network data between August 27-29, 2025. The incident involved names combined with other identifiers. The company engaged law enforcement and forensic specialists, secured systems, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance. Notification was sent in February 2026.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday23 weeks 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

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 159 days

Aug 27, 2025

Begins

Aug 29, 2025

Discovered

Feb 4, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_3872b359c86538f42026-02-04Candidate
Texas State AGbd_4ae9f5bbc842535a2026-02-04Verified
Indiana State AGbd_52ec77667c6a28cf2026-02-04Verified

Name: Barnhart Group, Inc.
norm: barnhart group
Domain: barnhartinc.com

Name: Barnhart Group, Inc.
norm: barnhart group
Domain: barnhartinc.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 29, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 27, 2025 – Aug 29, 2025
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 4, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: contacted law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contacted law enforcement
Engaging third-party computer forensic specialists
Taking steps to secure our systems
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: Implementing additional technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(159 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGFeb 4 · first

Texas State AGFeb 4 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 4 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 4 · 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/2026-02-04-barnhart-group-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 4, 2026
Raw hash: 37eb14d9b2cee203c7623682fc1efd9e0d99d677b5c4a641bb38ef031467bd15

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBarnhart Group, Inc.

Victim entityBarnhart Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 29, 2025

Stated responseContacted law enforcement

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov