HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Gerten Greenhouse & Garden Center Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 15, 2022

Filed

Sep 15, 2022

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Gerten Greenhouse & Garden Center Inc. →

Gerten Greenhouse & Garden Center, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident affecting its online store. Unauthorized access occurred between May 14, 2022, and July 21, 2022. The incident involved payment card information (numbers, expiration, security codes) and customer names/emails for 2 New Hampshire residents. Gertens engaged forensic investigators, reported to law enforcement and card brands, and offered identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 32 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

May 14, 2022

Begins

Jun 15, 2022

Discovered

Sep 15, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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_29482f347af8e86d2022-09-16 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_93d92d4aa3f2d3e12022-09-14 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_9bacca90c78bf5fb2022-09-14 · +1dVerified

Name: Gerten Greenhouse & Garden Center Inc.
norm: gerten greenhouse garden center
Domain: gertens.com

Name: Gerten Greenhouse & Garden Center Inc.
norm: gerten greenhouse garden center
Domain: gertens.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 15, 2022
Breach occurred: May 14, 2022 – Jul 21, 2022
Undetected for: 32 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 14, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a nationally-recognized digital forensics firm to conduct an independent investigation
Reported the matter to the payment card brands and law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance the security of our e-commerce platform
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 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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Maine State AGSep 14 · first

Indiana State AGSep 14 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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/gerten-greenhouse-garden-center-20220915.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 15, 2022
Raw hash: d85062a7dd79392f10ef70c78ab40296d1078ae75dc7b6097aa57136a4730d53

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGerten Greenhouse & Garden Center Inc.

Victim entityGerten Greenhouse & Garden Center Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 15, 2022

Stated responseEngaged a nationally-recognized digital forensics firm to conduct an independent investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov