MalwareRansomwareData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTPIILowContained
Vermont Nut Free Chocolates
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Full breach record for Vermont Nut Free Chocolates →Vermont Nut Free Chocolates disclosed a data breach involving its third-party payment processor, Freestyle Solutions. Malware was discovered on a vendor server between September 18, 2020, and February 3, 2022. The incident potentially exposed customer payment card information. The vendor contained the threat, notified law enforcement, and engaged forensic experts. Vermont Nut Free Chocolates issued notifications to affected customers, including Rhode Island residents, advising them to monitor financial statements and place fraud alerts.
California clockDiscovered Jul 29, 2022 → Notified Aug 29, 202231d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-556858
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Sep 1, 2022
- Raw hash
- 747f6b142d7f611730e4861de9aacc8e12300d127262272c583f39a7d5a614c4
Reporting entity
- Name
- Vermont Nut Free Chocolatesnorm: vermont nut free chocolates
- Domain
- vermontnutfree.com
Victim entity
- Name
- Vermont Nut Free Chocolatesnorm: vermont nut free chocolates
- Domain
- vermontnutfree.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Jul 29, 2022
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Aug 29, 2022
- Affected individuals
- Not disclosed
- Data types
- FINANCIAL_ACCOUNTPII
- Attack vector
- Third-Party / Supply Chain
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Notified federal law enforcement authorities
- Third party
- via Freestyle Solutions
- Initial access
- supply_chain
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- CA 60-day OK · 31d
- Discovery-date grounding
- unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status California Discovered: Jul 29, 2022→ Notified: Aug 29, 202231d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.