HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Sarku Japan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 6, 2022

Filed

Mar 21, 2022

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

97state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Sarku Japan →5 incidents on file

Sarku Japan (SAR Holdings Inc.) notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to systems on Feb 6, 2022. 97 NH residents affected. Data: name, address, DOB, SSN. Notification sent March 16, 2022. Response: Kroll credit monitoring, security training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Feb 6, 2022

Discovered

Mar 21, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_3aca2a3d12cc197b2022-03-16 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4842d37d019f458e2022-03-16 · +5dVerified

Name: SAR HOLDINGS, INC.
norm: sar holdings

Name: Sarku Japan
norm: sarku japan
Domain: sarkujapan.com
Also named: SAR Holdings Inc.operating subsidiary ofholding company
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 6, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 97state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Investigated and responded to the incident
Assessed the security of Sarku Japan’s systems
Notified potentially affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Kroll
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGMar 16 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 16 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 16 (IN), last Mar 21 (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/sarku-japan-20220321.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 21, 2022
Raw hash: 20b4b08002787e28de94de6dc4db764f0fcd7975be18ab620fa287d766ab63df

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySAR HOLDINGS, INC.

Victim entitySarku Japan

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2022

Stated responseInvestigated and responded to the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov