HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Paper and Ink Arts LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 5, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Paper and Ink Arts LLC →2 incidents on file

Paper and Ink Arts, LLC dba John Neal Books notified consumers of a data breach affecting its third-party e-commerce provider, CommerceV3. The breach occurred between November 24, 2021, and December 14, 2022, compromising customer names, addresses, and payment card details. John Neal Books migrated its platform to Big Commerce in February 2023.

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Incident timeline

Nov 24, 2021

Begins

Jul 5, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of CommerceV3 supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_73a10afbce1d1d3d2023-07-07 · +2dVerified

Name: Paper and Ink Arts LLC
norm: paper and ink arts

Name: Paper and Ink Arts LLC
norm: paper and ink arts
Also named: Paper and Ink Arts, LLCdba oflegal entity
John Neal Booksdba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Nov 24, 2021 – Dec 14, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 5, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notice with the Office of the Vermont Attorney General
Third party: via CommerceV3
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Switched to a different, highly regarded company for webhosting and e-commerce in February of this year
Moved the website to a different e-commerce platform, Big Commerce
Changes made: Moved the website to a different e-commerce platform, Big Commerce, which is highly regarded and has more robust security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Vermont State AGJul 5 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-07-05-paper-and-ink-arts-llc-dba-john-neal-books-data-breach-notice-consumers
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Filed at: Jul 5, 2023
Raw hash: 56fa7f132205a6d5adf9e7163270d910955673fe75cec543041f022ed48c6fed

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPaper and Ink Arts LLC

Victim entityPaper and Ink Arts LLC

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseSwitched to a different, highly regarded company for webhosting and e-commerce in February of this year

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov