HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Lee Valley Tools Ltd.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 12, 2025

Filed

Apr 9, 2025

To disclose

28 days

Affected

2,882state residents only

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Lee Valley Tools Ltd. →

Lee Valley Tools, Ltd. reported unauthorized access to a cloud server supporting its website between October 8, 2024, and March 12, 2025. The incident exposed customer names, addresses, credit card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV codes. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d28 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 155 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Oct 8, 2024

Begins

Mar 12, 2025

Discovered

Apr 9, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_139ccbe30b5ad8832025-04-09Candidate
California State AGbd_282e04dbb9abf7692025-04-09Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_66e2c81b16d18c742025-04-09Verified
Maine State AGbd_6acd94e6a6fe772e2025-04-09Verified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 58d gap

Montana State AGbd_953ddd96e9b47b222025-04-09Verified
Iowa State AGbd_ab281943513ee6e92025-04-09Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_6dd1c90dae4948152025-04-15 · +6dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_9a4c3955773a1f402025-04-15 · +6dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_fead9dabf61f395c2025-04-15 · +6dVerified
Texas State AGbd_83238aebbe215bf42025-06-06 · +58dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: Lee Valley Tools Ltd.
norm: lee valley tools-ca
Domain: leevalley.com

Name: Lee Valley Tools Ltd.
norm: lee valley tools-ca
Domain: leevalley.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 12, 2025
Breach occurred: Oct 8, 2024 – Mar 12, 2025
Undetected for: 155 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,882state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notify law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged cybersecurity experts
Took steps to secure our website and customer data
Notify law enforcement
Offering you access to 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Changes made: Enhance the security of our website
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Oregon State AGApr 9 · first

California State AGApr 9 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 9 · first

Maine State AGApr 9 · first

Montana State AGApr 9 · first

Iowa State AGApr 9 · first

Washington State AGApr 9 · first · this page

Nebraska State AG+6d

Vermont State AG+6d

Indiana State AG+6d

Texas State AG+58d

Pattern: first filing Apr 9 (OR), last Jun 6 (TX) — a 58-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA32969.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 9, 2025
Raw hash: fec5bb1188d4aa49e769e81b2222d8af7fb64ab909de69d4ea919acf12addc88

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLee Valley Tools Ltd.

Victim entityLee Valley Tools Ltd.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 12, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com