HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLow

PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 25, 2022

Filed

Sep 21, 2022

To disclose

27 days

Affected · nationwide

773 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC →2 incidents on file

Pet Food Experts, LLC reported a data breach that occurred between May 1, 2022, and May 3, 2022. The breach was discovered on August 25, 2022. The incident was described as an external system breach (hacking) and affected 77 individuals. The compromised information included names in combination with financial account or credit/debit card numbers and their associated security codes, access codes, passwords, or PINs. Affected individuals were notified in writing and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 25, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 21, 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 · 116 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

May 1, 2022

Begins

Aug 25, 2022

Discovered

Sep 21, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 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

Maine State AGbd_bb1e799572737ce42022-09-21Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_35ea02b9710c211d2022-09-26 · +5dVerified

Name: PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC
norm: pet food experts

Name: PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC
norm: pet food experts
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 25, 2022
Breach occurred: May 1, 2022 – May 3, 2022
Undetected for: 116 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 21, 2022
Affected individuals: 77state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals.
Changes made: Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.
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 25, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Sep 21, 2022
27d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 25, 2022 → Filed with AG: Sep 21, 2022	27d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGSep 21 · first

Maine State AGSep 21 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Sep 21 (ME), last Sep 26 (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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/db30a867-48af-43c4-b659-6b93b1e2425c.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 21, 2022
Raw hash: 0f71e6e8223eb870b846fbd0f0ff324f74c481e3130520533cc7336dde6481a0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC

Victim entityPET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 25, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov