HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Ames Goldsmith Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 3, 2024

Filed

Dec 10, 2024

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Ames Goldsmith Corporation →

Ames Goldsmith Corporation notified consumers of unauthorized access to its computer systems discovered on October 3, 2024. The incident may have exposed names and Social Security numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators, secured its network, and is offering credit monitoring services. No evidence of misuse was found at the time of notification.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Oct 3, 2024

Discovered

Dec 10, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_c6fa04934245f5412024-12-10Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_0865475e3b0dd89a2024-12-11 · +1dVerified

Name: Ames Goldsmith Corporation
norm: ames goldsmith

Name: Ames Goldsmith Corporation
norm: ames goldsmith
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 3, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 10, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Secured its network
Engaged a third-party team of forensic investigators
Enhance the security of our network
Changes made: Enhance the security of our network to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGDec 10 · first

Vermont State AGDec 10 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-12-10-ames-goldsmith-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 10, 2024
Raw hash: f5be54e39bc4b058cae5c3cee5593a2ad44e18230aa11cf2c0fc784c7165be30

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmes Goldsmith Corporation

Victim entityAmes Goldsmith Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Oct 3, 2024

Stated responseSecured its network

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov