HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Hillman Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 2, 2023

Filed

Nov 6, 2023

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Hillman Group →

The Hillman Group notified consumers of a data breach where an unauthorized third party accessed the network between May 30 and June 2, 2023. The incident compromised names and government identifiers. The company engaged forensic investigators, reviewed security measures, and offered one year of Equifax credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday22 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

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 157 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

Jun 2, 2023

Discovered

Nov 6, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_16d6fc8340674ec12023-11-07 · +1dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_1990bbd5397958162023-11-07 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_984bfb178bd5a75d2023-11-07 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_eaea3bd25d9e91442023-11-07 · +1dVerified

Name: The Hillman Group
norm: the hillman

Name: The Hillman Group
norm: the hillman
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 2, 2023
Breach occurred: May 30, 2023 – Jun 2, 2023
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 6, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a leading computer forensics firm to further examine our network and confirm the security of our systems
Offering a complimentary one-year membership to Equifax Complete TM Premier
Changes made: Reviewing our technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(157 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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Vermont State AGNov 6 · first · this page

Montana State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire 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/2023-11-06-hillman-group-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 6, 2023
Raw hash: 65307a18e8a2f51d81aab424557f926d02efbf4db5708cbb0ae61e5a6ab2b05f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Hillman Group

Victim entityThe Hillman Group

Incidentdiscovered Jun 2, 2023

Stated responseEngaged a leading computer forensics firm to further examine our network and confirm the security of our systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov