HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Lee Valley Tools Ltd.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 12, 2025

Filed

Apr 15, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Lee Valley Tools Ltd. →

Lee Valley Tools, Ltd. notified Nebraska AG of a breach affecting customer data from Oct 8, 2024, to Mar 12, 2025. Unauthorized parties captured credit card info (number, expiry, CVV) and PII (name, address) via a cloud server. Lee Valley engaged experts, notified law enforcement, and offers 12 months of credit monitoring. ~435 RI residents affected; total count not specified.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 155 days

Oct 8, 2024

Begins

Mar 12, 2025

Discovered

Apr 15, 2025

Filed

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

Vermont State AGbd_9a4c3955773a1f402025-04-15Verified
Indiana State AGbd_fead9dabf61f395c2025-04-15Verified
Oregon State AGbd_139ccbe30b5ad8832025-04-09 · +6dCandidate
California State AGbd_282e04dbb9abf7692025-04-09 · +6dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_66a53e9ed7c3a6c62025-04-09 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_66e2c81b16d18c742025-04-09 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_6acd94e6a6fe772e2025-04-09 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_953ddd96e9b47b222025-04-09 · +6dVerified
Iowa State AGbd_ab281943513ee6e92025-04-09 · +6dVerified
Texas State AGbd_83238aebbe215bf42025-06-06 · +52dVerified

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: Mar 28, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
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
Changes made: Offering you access to 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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

Washington 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

Vermont State AG+6d

Indiana State AG+6d

Nebraska State AG+6d · this page

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/1b219572-424c-40fa-a232-03f8f5abecee.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 15, 2025
Raw hash: 4f8cb70d834812ad66710682b4558e13744d7d80f465df713a06d9d02b4ee5ab

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov