Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

R. J. Grondin & Sons, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 26, 2023

Filed

May 2, 2024

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for R. J. Grondin & Sons, Inc. →

R.J. Grondin & Sons, Inc. reported a data security incident to the New Hampshire Attorney General. On October 26, 2023, the company detected unusual activity in an employee's email account, which had been accessed by an unauthorized actor from October 12-19, 2023. The breach impacted personal information, including Social Security numbers, of 4 New Hampshire residents. The company engaged forensic investigators, secured the network, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 189 days

Oct 12, 2023

Begins

Oct 26, 2023

Discovered

Apr 23, 2024

Scope determined

May 2, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_36d7397aa805cacb2024-05-02Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4a9133daa45f69992024-05-03 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_b524c0066f48de2e2024-04-30 · +2dCandidate

Name: R. J. Grondin & Sons, Inc.
norm: r j grondin sons

Name: R. J. Grondin & Sons, Inc.
norm: r j grondin sons
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 12, 2023 – Oct 19, 2023
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Apr 23, 2024
Notification sent: Apr 30, 2024
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John M. Formella
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a nationally recognized digital forensics firm to conduct an independent investigation
Took immediate steps to secure the network
Reported this incident to federal law enforcement and will cooperate with any investigative requests
Notified affected individuals via U.S. First-Class Mail
Provided individuals whose Social Security numbers were potentially affected with access to credit monitoring services at no charge provided by IDX
Changes made: Performed a thorough review of their systems to investigate the incident and ensure that their systems remain secure
Implemented additional security measures to protect their digital environment and minimize the likelihood of future incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(189 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGApr 30 · first

Maine State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+2d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/r-j-grondin-sons-20240502.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 2, 2024
Raw hash: c3645a966915041ef6b102cab34005af30ddf5a3483d23633424d0543dd41497

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityR. J. Grondin & Sons, Inc.

Victim entityR. J. Grondin & Sons, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 26, 2023

Stated responseEngaged a nationally recognized digital forensics firm to conduct an independent investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov