HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailSQL InjectionData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Lee Valley Tools Ltd.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 12, 2025

Filed

Apr 9, 2025

To disclose

28 days

Affected

583state residents only

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Lee Valley Tools Ltd. →

Lee Valley Tools, Ltd. notified the Iowa AG of a cybersecurity event where an unauthorized third party exploited a vulnerability in Sitecore CMS to inject malicious code into the website checkout page. The code captured customer payment card data (name, address, card number, expiration, CVV) from transactions between October 8, 2024, and March 12, 2025. The incident affected 583 Iowa residents. Lee Valley engaged cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, removed the code, and is offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 155 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Oct 8, 2024

Begins

Mar 12, 2025

Discovered

Apr 9, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_139ccbe30b5ad8832025-04-09Candidate
California State AGbd_282e04dbb9abf7692025-04-09Verified
Washington State AGbd_66a53e9ed7c3a6c62025-04-09Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_66e2c81b16d18c742025-04-09Verified

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Maine State AGbd_6acd94e6a6fe772e2025-04-09Verified
Montana State AGbd_953ddd96e9b47b222025-04-09Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_6dd1c90dae4948152025-04-15 · +6dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_9a4c3955773a1f402025-04-15 · +6dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_fead9dabf61f395c2025-04-15 · +6dVerified
Texas State AGbd_83238aebbe215bf42025-06-06 · +58dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: Lee Valley Tools Ltd.
norm: lee valley tools-ca
Domain: leevalley.com

Name: Lee Valley Tools Ltd.
norm: lee valley tools-ca
Domain: leevalley.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 12, 2025
Breach occurred: Oct 8, 2024 – Mar 12, 2025
Undetected for: 155 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 583state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged cybersecurity experts
Took steps to secure our website
Notified law enforcement
Removed the malicious code
Confirmed the vulnerability is no longer present on its systems
Implemented additional safeguards
Offering them free credit monitoring and identity theft protection
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to help prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Oregon State AGApr 9 · first

California State AGApr 9 · first

Washington State AGApr 9 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 9 · first

Maine State AGApr 9 · first

Montana State AGApr 9 · first

Iowa State AGApr 9 · first · this page

Nebraska State AG+6d

Vermont State AG+6d

Indiana State AG+6d

Texas State AG+58d

Pattern: first filing Apr 9 (OR), last Jun 6 (TX) — a 58-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/492025_Lee_Valley_Tools_Ltd_AF52381F737E5.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 9, 2025
Raw hash: c0223a21448d727f103cb40f2d3c6132c292a12171f947402a37fc42b1139fe9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLee Valley Tools Ltd.

Victim entityLee Valley Tools Ltd.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 12, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.iowaattorneygeneral.gov