HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Sarku Japan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 6, 2022

Filed

Aug 12, 2022

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

104state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sarku Japan →5 incidents on file

Sarku Japan filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire AG regarding a data event affecting 104 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred between Jan 14 and Feb 6, 2022. Data included names, addresses, DOBs, and SSNs. Initial notice sent March 16, 2022; supplemental notice mailed Aug 8, 2022, to 7 additional residents. Kroll credit monitoring provided.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 187 days

Jan 14, 2022

Begins

Feb 6, 2022

Discovered

Aug 12, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed104 affectedView incident

Name: Sarku Japan
norm: sarku japan
Domain: sarkujapan.com

Name: Sarku Japan
norm: sarku japan
Domain: sarkujapan.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 6, 2022
Breach occurred: Jan 14, 2022 – Feb 6, 2022
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 104state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Investigate and respond to the incident
Assess the security of Sarku Japan’s systems
Notify potentially affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Kroll
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(187 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/sarku-japan-20220812.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 12, 2022
Raw hash: f313b2cb6e15e8bbfd276cf99271d982e19c971540842f78984f955e3197eee0

Reporting entitySarku Japan

Victim entitySarku Japan

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2022

Stated responseInvestigate and respond to the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov