HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Vermont Country Store

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 24, 2020

Filed

Jul 20, 2020

To disclose

26 days

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Vermont Country Store →

The Vermont Country Store notified the NH AG that unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred between Jan 9 and Mar 7, 2020. Discovered June 24, 2020, the incident exposed names and SSNs of 3 NH residents. The company engaged outside cybersecurity professionals, notified the AG on July 8, 2020, and offered 1-year credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 167 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Jan 9, 2020

Begins

Jun 24, 2020

Discovered

Jul 20, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: The Vermont Country Store
norm: the vermont country store
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 24, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 9, 2020 – Mar 7, 2020
Undetected for: 167 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 9, 2020
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Provided written notification to affected residents
Offered complimentary one-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Advised affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/vermont-country-store-20200720.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 20, 2020
Raw hash: a17e1539c05434ff6e95ec9ffb1e6a22642dd6c38bfe9cd7ec1f1669a5717555

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityThe Vermont Country Store

Incidentdiscovered Jun 24, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov