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

THE ORVIS COMPANY, INC.

bd_b1cc6d6df4a9d956 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 15, 2012

Filed

Mar 23, 2012

To disclose

8 days

Affected

7state residents only

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for THE ORVIS COMPANY, INC. →

The Orvis Company, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident involving its third-party auction provider, BenefitEvents. On March 15, 2012, BenefitEvents reported that its encrypted database, hosting bids for vintage vehicles, may have been accessed by an unauthorized party. The database contained names, addresses, emails, and credit card numbers of approximately 7 New Hampshire residents. Orvis offered one year of credit monitoring and conducted an internal security review.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 days

Mar 15, 2012

Discovered

Mar 23, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed7 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.