MisuseRetail & ConsumerRetailData MishandlingEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 15, 2013

Filed

May 28, 2013

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

101state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC. →2 incidents on file

Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. notified the NH AG of a breach involving a lost flash drive containing HR data (SSNs, DOBs, resumes) of ~101 NH residents. A former employee compiled the data; the drive was found and accessed on April 1, 2013, and returned April 19, 2013. No evidence of misuse was found. Godiva provided credit monitoring and enhanced security policies.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Apr 1, 2013

Begins

Apr 15, 2013

Discovered

May 28, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_e52b10e64626a4f72013-05-28Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_7059d47bac259a842013-05-31 · +3dVerified

Name: GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.
norm: godiva chocolatier
Domain: godiva.com

Name: GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.
norm: godiva chocolatier
Domain: godiva.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 15, 2013
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2013
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 29, 2013
Affected individuals: 101state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Engaged Navigant Consulting, Inc. as a third-party forensic investigator
Provided written notice to all persons who might have been affected
Notified the major consumer reporting agencies
Provided free credit monitoring services to all notice recipients who wish to enroll
Established a toll-free confidential assistance telephone line
Changes made: Modified data security policies applicable to its electronic resources (the Godiva “Acceptable Use Policy”)
Mandated additional security controls and privacy measures to prevent unauthorized access to confidential information
Prohibited any employee from accessing data without appropriate authorization
Prohibited duplicating confidential data to portable media devices without appropriate safeguards, including password protection and encryption
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 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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California State AGMay 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 28 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/godiva-chocolatier-20130528.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 28, 2013
Raw hash: 9aaf0d7cfe706f05849168d8a4eb5fc040e4610ce8b130849ee9fc0ca2305ddd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.

Victim entityGODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 15, 2013

Stated responseEngaged Navigant Consulting, Inc. as a third-party forensic investigator

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov