HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountLowContained

Great Fermentations

bd_c99c1a08fe0a68c9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 6, 2023

Filed

Jul 17, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

31state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Great Fermentations →

BTCE Inc d/b/a Great Fermentations notified the NH AG of a data incident involving its third-party payment processor, CommerceV3. Unauthorized access occurred between Nov 2021 and Dec 2022, impacting cardholder data of 31 NH residents. GF provided credit monitoring and implemented security measures.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 559 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Nov 24, 2021

Begins

Jun 6, 2023

Discovered

Jul 17, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Maine State AGbd_16a238a88ce1dedc2023-07-12 · +5dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_546cb16b35bce7fe2023-07-12 · +5dVerified

Name: Jackson Lewis
norm: jackson lewis
Domain: jacksonlewis.com

Name: Great Fermentations
norm: great fermentations
Domain: greatfermentations.com
Also named: BTCE Incdba oflegal entity
Great Fermentationsdba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 6, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 24, 2021 – Dec 14, 2022
Undetected for: 559 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 12, 2023
Affected individuals: 31state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Third party: via CommerceV3
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Arranged for individuals to enroll in free credit monitoring and related services
Implemented an isolated checkout module
Implemented stricter technical security policies provided by CV3
Changes made: Modified its OSSEC service to monitor and block similar attacks
Enhanced the monitoring and refreshing process of this affected service
Implemented an ICC upgrade
Transitioning all of its merchants to a fully tokenized infrastructure
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGJul 12 · first

Montana State AGJul 12 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 12 (ME), last Jul 17 (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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/btce-dba-great-fermentations-20230717.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 17, 2023
Raw hash: 7eba64e99147e786fe9f08e4645ade3769a41553238a565d218a5514ff41664c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJackson Lewis

Victim entityGreat Fermentations

Incidentdiscovered Jun 6, 2023

Stated responseArranged for individuals to enroll in free credit monitoring and related services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov