MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailInfostealerSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowActive

THE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 15, 2013

Filed

Oct 28, 2013

To disclose

13 days

Affected

84state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for THE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC →2 incidents on file

The Scotts Company LLC notified the NH AG that its third-party payment processor, Datapak Services Corporation, experienced a malware incident. Unauthorized access to databases containing customer names, addresses, primary account numbers, expiration dates, and security codes occurred. Approximately 84 NH residents were affected. Datapak engaged forensic investigators and provided credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 224 days

discovery → filing · 13 days

Mar 5, 2013

Begins

Oct 15, 2013

Discovered

Oct 28, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed84 affectedView incident

Name: THE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC
norm: the scotts
Domain: scotts.com

Name: THE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC
norm: the scotts
Domain: scotts.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 15, 2013
Breach occurred: Mar 5, 2013
Undetected for: 224 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 28, 2013
Affected individuals: 84state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Third party: via Datapak Services Corporation
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged a third-party forensic investigator to conduct an internal investigation
Reconfiguring and updating its intrusion detection systems
Retained independent, third-party security experts
Cooperating with the credit card companies and law enforcement
Engaged AllClear ID to provide identity protection services
Changes made: Reconfiguring and updating its intrusion detection systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 days(13 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/scotts-20131028.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 28, 2013
Raw hash: 88c15dd17bfd378fb71441f95c9f0802138b6d0657cb096ed0f70368036c4c6b

Reporting entityTHE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC

Victim entityTHE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 15, 2013

Stated responseEngaged a third-party forensic investigator to conduct an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov