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

Vermont Christmas Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 9, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

64state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Vermont Christmas Company →

Vermont Christmas Company notified customers of a third-party vendor (CommerceV3) breach involving unauthorized access to payment card data between Nov 2021 and Dec 2022. Impacted data included names, billing addresses, emails, card numbers, CVVs, and expiration dates. VCC is reviewing vendor procedures and notifying regulators.

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Incident timeline

Nov 24, 2021

Begins

Aug 9, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 7 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 (6) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_1627e564dd024a852023-08-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6343240472d4115a2023-08-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b6640272053e6ac42023-08-09Verified
California State AGbd_bbb64d7a974fdbe52023-08-09Candidate

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New Hampshire State AGbd_c56e39394fec77482023-08-09Verified
Maine State AGbd_e2882215251a929b2023-08-09Verified

Name: Vermont Christmas Company
norm: vermont christmas
Domain: vermontchristmasco.com

Name: Vermont Christmas Company
norm: vermont christmas
Domain: vermontchristmasco.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Nov 24, 2021 – Dec 14, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 9, 2023
Affected individuals: 64state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountAuthentication
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: CommerceV3 notified law enforcementCommerceV3 worked with major card brands and merchant banks
Third party: via CommerceV3
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation
Requesting additional information about the event and CommerceV3's investigation
Reviewing processes and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Notifying relevant regulatory authorities
Changes made: CommerceV3 implemented a series of additional security measures to protect customer information
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 · 7 filings · 7 states

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Vermont State AGAug 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 9 · first

Indiana State AGAug 9 · first

California State AGAug 9 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 9 · first

Maine State AGAug 9 · first

Montana State AGAug 9 · first · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-533.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 9, 2023
Raw hash: ec8b1c57496fd7648258e6f47a9899a2cce5ad527451af605102e5434b081048

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVermont Christmas Company

Victim entityVermont Christmas Company

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseCommenced an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov