AccidentalRetail & ConsumerRetailMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Petco Animal Supplies Stores

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 3, 2025

Filed

Dec 3, 2025

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Petco Animal Supplies Stores →6 incidents on file

Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident affecting six NH residents. A software application setting inadvertently made files containing names, DOBs, SSNs, and driver's license numbers accessible online. Discovered via routine security review on Nov 3, 2025, Petco corrected the setting, removed access, and mailed notifications on Dec 3, 2025, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Nov 3, 2025

Discovered

Dec 3, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_136642af55e19dc62025-12-03Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_580cea81c65bc4092025-12-03Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_add39236d6171bdf2025-12-04 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_2d6982ffe39429a62025-12-05 · +2dVerified

Name: Petco Animal Supplies Stores
norm: petco animal supplies stores

Name: Petco Animal Supplies Stores
norm: petco animal supplies stores
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 3, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 3, 2025
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1535 Unauthorized Access to Cloud Storage
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella

During the incident: Corrected the application's settings
Removed the files from further online access
Mailed notification letters via First-Class mail to the involved New Hampshire residents
Offered a complimentary, one-year membership to credit monitoring and identity protection services through Epiq
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures and technical controls to enhance the security of its applications
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 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

View merged incident ↗

California State AGDec 3 · first

Indiana State AGDec 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 3 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Texas State AG+2d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/petco-animal-supplies-stores-20251203.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 3, 2025
Raw hash: 11189270f9c1659b16b531668521c868711c69f0f946b74b41b15fdd4abfcbb9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPetco Animal Supplies Stores

Victim entityPetco Animal Supplies Stores

Incidentdiscovered Nov 3, 2025

Stated responseCorrected the application's settings

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov