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Vermont Nut Free Chocolates

bd_ee6b2d26bfc66049 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 29, 2022

Filed

Sep 1, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

26,219238 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Vermont Nut Free Chocolates →

Vermont Nut Free Chocolates experienced an external system breach, where an unauthorized party gained access to its systems. The breach, which occurred on September 18, 2020, was discovered on July 29, 2022. The compromised information includes names and financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers with their security codes. A total of 238 Maine residents were affected.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 29, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 1, 202234d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 679 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Sep 18, 2020

Begins

Jul 29, 2022

Discovered

Sep 1, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident
Part of FreeStyle Solutions supply-chain incident (2022) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 5d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGAug 29 · first
Montana State AG+2d
Washington State AG+3d
California State AG+3d
Massachusetts State AG+3d
Maine State AG+3d · this page
New Hampshire State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Aug 29 (IN), last Sep 6 (NH) — a 8-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.