HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

The Vernon Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 6, 2009

Filed

Oct 12, 2009

To disclose

6 days

Affected

19state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Vernon Company →3 incidents on file

The Vernon Company notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access to its database affecting 19 NH customers. Access occurred as early as July 2009, discovered Oct 6, 2009. Data included names, addresses, and credit card info. Attack originated in Singapore. FBI notified. Notices sent Oct 13.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 97 days

discovery → filing · 6 days

Jul 1, 2009

Begins

Oct 6, 2009

Discovered

Oct 12, 2009

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_8914e42221fbe5982009-10-19 · +7dVerified

Name: The Vernon Company
norm: the vernon
Domain: vernoncompany.com

Name: The Vernon Company
norm: the vernon
Domain: vernoncompany.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 6, 2009
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2009
Undetected for: 97 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 13, 2009
Affected individuals: 19state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralNotified FBI
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Shut down the vernoncompany.com website
Notified general counsel
Notified the FBI
Working to notify other governmental and law enforcement entities
Patched vulnerabilities with secured code
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent a recurrence
Continually modifying systems and practices to enhance security of sensitive information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGOct 12 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Oct 12 (NH), last Oct 19 (MA) — a 7-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/vernon-sales-20091012.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 12, 2009
Raw hash: 23a0265f666b44567608b99d8aa29c0b22b5aec7bace871d8ff8d0ac7c125e3d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Vernon Company

Victim entityThe Vernon Company

Incidentdiscovered Oct 6, 2009

Stated responseShut down the vernoncompany.com website

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov