HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Great Fermentations

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 3, 2023

Filed

Jul 12, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Great Fermentations →

Great Fermentations notified Montana and Rhode Island residents that its third-party payment processor, CommerceV3, experienced unauthorized access to systems between Nov 2021 and Dec 2022. The incident potentially exposed names, emails, billing addresses, and full payment card details (including CVV). CommerceV3 conducted forensic investigations and implemented security measures. Great Fermentations is offering 12 months of free credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 525 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

Nov 24, 2021

Begins

May 3, 2023

Discovered

Jul 12, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_16a238a88ce1dedc2023-07-12Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_c99c1a08fe0a68c92023-07-17 · +5dVerified

Name: Great Fermentations
norm: great fermentations
Domain: greatfermentations.com

Name: Great Fermentations
norm: great fermentations
Domain: greatfermentations.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 3, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 24, 2021 – Dec 14, 2022
Undetected for: 525 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 12, 2023
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via CommerceV3
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Conducted a thorough forensic investigation alongside third-party cybersecurity experts
Worked alongside the major card brands and banks during this forensic investigation
Implemented additional security measures
Arranged for Experian to provide 12 months of free credit monitoring and related services
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 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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Maine State AGJul 12 · first

Montana State AGJul 12 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jul 12 (ME), last Jul 17 (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-414.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 12, 2023
Raw hash: 5c9021ccf14085f09b624ab63c529a33c8330a2e15cd9fa0d272950291b47423

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGreat Fermentations

Victim entityGreat Fermentations

Incidentdiscovered May 3, 2023

Stated responseConducted a thorough forensic investigation alongside third-party cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov