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

13 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Sterling Valley Systems, Inc →2 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

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 13 filings 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 12 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 12 — 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