HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailTargetedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Inc.

bd_5b233f1b0f681bca · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 9, 2021

Filed

Apr 28, 2022

To disclose

46 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Inc. →

PPX Hospitality Brands LP, on behalf of Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Inc., notified the NH AG of a cyberattack discovered on June 9, 2021. The incident affected 2 NH residents, exposing names, addresses, and SSNs. Smith & Wollensky secured the network, reset passwords, and provided 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 46 weeks / 323 days

Jun 9, 2021

Begins

Jun 9, 2021

Discovered

Apr 28, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+39 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_1c91ccade50daf312022-04-21 · +7dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_74528189c6b85fb62022-04-21 · +7dVerified

Name: PPX Hospitality Brands LP
norm: ppx hospitality brands

Name: The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Inc.
norm: the smith wollensky restaurant
Domain: swrg.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 9, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 9, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 21, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau

During the incident: Initiated an investigation to respond to the incident
Assessed the security of Smith & Wollensky systems
Notified potentially affected individuals
Resetting relevant account passwords
Reviewing the contents of the potentially accessed files and folders
Reviewing internal systems to identify contact information
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year through Experian
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 46 weeks(323 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 AGApr 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 21 (ME), last Apr 28 (NH) — a 7-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/ppx-hospitality-20220428.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 28, 2022
Raw hash: 4ce3ec02903aa6e1b8916f38c0c9af0e96cd93b31390b3e78020607584478375

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPPX Hospitality Brands LP

Victim entityThe Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 9, 2021

Stated responseInitiated an investigation to respond to the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov