HackingTechnologyRetail & ConsumerInformationStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataTargetedData ExfiltratedPCIFinancial accountLowActive

Sterling Valley Systems, Inc

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 18, 2022

Filed

Apr 5, 2022

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

158state residents only

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Sterling Valley Systems, Inc →3 incidents on file

Sterling Valley Systems, Inc. d/b/a Inntopia notified individuals of unauthorized access to its e-commerce reservation platform between Oct 9, 2021 and Feb 18, 2022. An unknown actor accessed payment card information. Inntopia engaged third-party specialists, notified law enforcement and card brands, and offered credit monitoring. The incident is currently under investigation.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 132 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Oct 9, 2021

Begins

Feb 18, 2022

Discovered

Apr 5, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

12 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

Washington State AGbd_3de66c5861cbb88f2022-04-05Candidate
Maine State AGbd_4a93c6f54f43e3b42022-04-05Verified
Maine State AGbd_9668e3d8e4baa4ea2022-04-12 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3f3a1da6ae2e88992022-04-15 · +10dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 52d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_117fb177a3acd0872022-04-18 · +13dVerified
Maine State AGbd_82c2b3c04defa4612022-04-21 · +16dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3329fd7ee3c19b982022-04-25 · +20dVerified
California State AGbd_0c1dfe4431a0c3dc2022-05-23 · +48dVerified
Maine State AGbd_0e2ce416aaa7f2ea2022-05-23 · +48dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f47f9bc3b239437d2022-05-27 · +52dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: Sterling Valley Systems, Inc
norm: sterling valley

Name: Sterling Valley Systems, Inc
norm: sterling valley
Also named: Sterling Valley Systems, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Inntopiadba oftrade name
Industry: TechnologyllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 18, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 9, 2021 – Feb 18, 2022
Undetected for: 132 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 5, 2022
Affected individuals: 158state-resident count only
Data types: PCIFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying payment card brands and law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists
Confirming the security of our systems
Notifying payment card brands and law enforcement
Further strengthening our technical controls
Implementing additional security measures
Offering ## months of complimentary access to credit monitoring services
Changes made: Further strengthening our technical controls
Implementing additional security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 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 · 5 states

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Washington State AGApr 5 · first

Maine State AGApr 5 · first

Montana State AGApr 5 · first · this page

Maine State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+10d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

Maine State AG+16d

New Hampshire State AG+20d

California State AG+48d

Maine State AG+48d

New Hampshire State AG+52d

Pattern: first filing Apr 5 (WA), last May 27 (NH) — a 52-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-49.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 5, 2022
Raw hash: 58a7f6d8584f54085b2af13816efb9db6d0ad5d00286781f46c440a4b2a94e0c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySterling Valley Systems, Inc

Victim entitySterling Valley Systems, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Feb 18, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov