HackingRetailCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountAuthenticationMediumResolved

Gerten Greenhouse & Garden Center Inc.

bd_93d92d4aa3f2d3e1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 18, 2022

Filed

Sep 14, 2022

To disclose

27 days

Affected · nationwide

2,9441 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%

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

Gerten Greenhouse & Garden Center, Inc. reported an external system breach that occurred from May 14, 2022, to July 21, 2022, and was discovered on August 18, 2022. The breach impacted 2,944 individuals in total, with one resident from Maine affected. The compromised data included names and financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their respective security codes or PINs. In response, the company offered identity theft protection services, including CyberScan monitoring and a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 18, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 14, 202227d ✓ ME AG ≤30d27 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 96 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

May 14, 2022

Begins

Aug 18, 2022

Discovered

Sep 14, 2022

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_9bacca90c78bf5fb2022-09-14Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9171d9af7be96db52022-09-15 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_29482f347af8e86d2022-09-16 · +2dVerified

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

Discovered: Aug 18, 2022
Breach occurred: May 14, 2022 – Jul 21, 2022
Undetected for: 96 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 14, 2022
Affected individuals: 2,944state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountAuthentication
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered CyberScan monitoring, a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity recovery services through IDX.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 27d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 18, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Sep 14, 2022
27d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 18, 2022 → Filed with AG: Sep 14, 2022	27d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGSep 14 · first

Maine State AGSep 14 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/7368e3a3-2abd-49b4-afaa-34bab3385889.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 14, 2022
Raw hash: c3d54897035bf7e25113b261b7521d464b3f6d8b9d1f4f0142e0d10c5e2fe385

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGerten Greenhouse & Garden Center Inc.

Victim entityGerten Greenhouse & Garden Center Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 18, 2022

Stated responseOffered CyberScan monitoring, a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity recovery services through IDX.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov