HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC

bd_71d65c34e9ddfdbb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 3, 2022

Filed

Jul 5, 2022

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

5852 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC →2 incidents on file

Pet Food Experts, LLC notified NH AG of unauthorized access to employee files (names, SSNs) between May 1-3, 2022. Discovered May 3, 2022. 2 NH residents and 583 RI residents affected. Investigation ongoing with forensic specialists. Credit monitoring offered.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

May 1, 2022

Begins

May 3, 2022

Discovered

Jul 5, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_491f2c91941419df2022-06-30 · +5dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_c6760019aa0bb0fe2022-06-30 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_d78ca0108efa4dd22022-06-30 · +5dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_e0b7361a17f60f1c2022-06-30 · +5dVerified

Name: PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC
norm: pet food experts

Name: PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC
norm: pet food experts
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 3, 2022
Breach occurred: May 1, 2022 – May 3, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 30, 2022
Affected individuals: 585state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Began an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Undertook a comprehensive and manual review process
Taking steps to secure its network and assess any risk to information on its network
Notified law enforcement
Notifying regulatory authorities
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Providing access to complimentary credit monitoring services for 12 months through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(63 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGJun 30 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 30 · first

Maine State AGJun 30 · first

Indiana State AGJun 30 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 30 (MT), last Jul 5 (NH) — a 5-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/pet-food-experts-20220705.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 5, 2022
Raw hash: 8ad6d88e2acbb52fc488fac4173a1643d46e413e5cc70f3f7f26f4c773923c21

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC

Victim entityPET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 3, 2022

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov