DisclosureLens
HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountCredentialsLowContained

Dutch Gardens USA

bd_a4c22beab1590dab · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 6, 2018

Filed

Sep 4, 2018

To disclose

29 days

Affected

183state residents only

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Dutch Gardens USA2 incidents on file

Dutch Gardens USA (Richard Owen Nursery, Inc.) notified South Carolina residents of a data breach where its website was infected with malware between Sept 29, 2017, and July 31, 2018. Compromised data included names, addresses, credit card info, emails, and phone numbers. The company investigated, secured systems, and implemented enhanced security measures.

Incident timeline

undetected · 311 days
discovery → filing · 29 days

Sep 29, 2017

Begins

Aug 6, 2018

Discovered

Sep 4, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed183 affectedView incident

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.