DisclosureLens
HackingRetailCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLow

PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 25, 2022

Filed

Sep 21, 2022

To disclose

27 days

Affected · nationwide

773 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for PET FOOD EXPERTS, LLC →2 incidents on file

Pet Food Experts, LLC reported an external system breach (hacking) that occurred from May 1, 2022, to May 3, 2022, and was discovered on August 25, 2022. The breach affected 3 Maine residents, compromising their names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers, along with associated security codes or PINs. The company notified affected individuals and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 25, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 21, 202227d ✓ ME AG ≤30d27 days discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 116 days
discovery → filing · 27 days

May 1, 2022

Begins

Aug 25, 2022

Discovered

Sep 21, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGSep 21 · first
Maine State AGSep 21 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Sep 21 (ME), last Sep 26 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.