HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

R.L. Vallee, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 13, 2022

Filed

May 24, 2022

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

89state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for R.L. Vallee, Inc. →

R.L. Vallee, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General that an unauthorized individual accessed employee and dependent personal information between Feb 22 and Mar 28, 2022. Discovery occurred on Apr 13, 2022. Data included names, SSNs, and financial account info for ~89 NH residents. Notifications sent May 19, 2022, with credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 50 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Feb 22, 2022

Begins

Apr 13, 2022

Discovered

May 24, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2c29b545fe3a0ae62022-05-26 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_7faa604727854c412022-05-20 · +4dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_77a1319c314828f62022-05-19 · +5dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: R.L. Vallee, Inc.
norm: rl vallee
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 13, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 22, 2022 – Mar 28, 2022
Undetected for: 50 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 19, 2022
Affected individuals: 89state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured its network
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Provided written notification to affected residents
Offered the affected residents complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of the personal information it maintains
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMay 19 · first

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing May 19 (IN), last May 26 (MA) — 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/rl-vallee-20220524.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 24, 2022
Raw hash: 16f5814246d785b74ba182ef2927adabbc81f431538e3ab780ea51db472e6bd9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityR.L. Vallee, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 13, 2022

Stated responseSecured its network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov