HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

V H Blackinton & Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 30, 2024

Filed

Sep 11, 2024

To disclose

12 days

Affected · nationwide

5322 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for V H Blackinton & Company →

V H Blackinton & Company, Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) on August 30, 2024, discovered on September 4, 2024. The incident affected 532 individuals total, including 2 Maine residents. Personal information compromised included names and Social Security numbers. The company engaged independent cybersecurity experts, secured the network, and notified affected individuals on September 11, 2024, offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 30, 2024 → Filed with AG Sep 11, 202412d ✓ ME AG ≤30d12 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 days

Aug 30, 2024

Begins

Aug 30, 2024

Discovered

Sep 11, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_48a6ce97c2de15e62024-09-11Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_506f69c86b408aa32024-09-11Verified

Name: V H Blackinton & Company, Inc.
norm: vh blackinton

Name: V H Blackinton & Company
norm: v h blackinton
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 30, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 30, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 11, 2024
Affected individuals: 532state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Submitted notice to Maine Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps to secure the network
Launched an investigation, aided by independent cybersecurity experts
Launched a comprehensive review of all potentially affected information
Gather contact information for individuals
Prepare notification to all affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures
Offered notified individuals 12 months of complimentary services through Transunion, which includes credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, a $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 days(12 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 12d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 30, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Sep 11, 2024
12d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 30, 2024 → Filed with AG: Sep 11, 2024	12d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGSep 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 11 · first

Maine State AGSep 11 · first · this page

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-a1252b4f8318/39c279ef-13f4-4a62-a99a-2db4c5bb635f.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 11, 2024
Raw hash: 8d10a54dfbca89a04b9e6036b5ebbfde5e42a902aa98d6f4ab94e87f1d79fc82

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityV H Blackinton & Company, Inc.

Victim entityV H Blackinton & Company

Incidentdiscovered Aug 30, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure the network

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov