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MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

Vermont Nut Free Chocolates

bd_aa3461363090db2a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 29, 2022

Filed

Sep 1, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Vermont Nut Free Chocolates →4 incidents on file

Vermont Nut Free Chocolates notified customers of a data breach involving a third-party vendor, Freestyle Solutions. Malware on the vendor's server potentially exposed payment card information for purchases made between September 18, 2020, and February 3, 2022. The vendor discovered the malware and removed it, notifying Vermont Nut Free Chocolates on July 29, 2022. The company engaged cybersecurity experts and notified law enforcement. 236 Rhode Island residents were explicitly mentioned as impacted.

California clockDiscovered Jul 29, 2022 → Notified Aug 29, 202231d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 679 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Sep 18, 2020

Begins

Jul 29, 2022

Discovered

Sep 1, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Part of FreeStyle Solutions supply-chain incident (2022) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView 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.