HackingManufacturingManufacturingCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Virginia Dare Extract Co.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 21, 2024

Filed

Oct 18, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 records

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Virginia Dare Extract Co. →

Virginia Dare Extract Co., Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident discovered on August 21, 2024. Suspicious activity led to the copying of personal information (names, SSNs, DOBs) of 2 NH residents. VDE engaged forensic investigators, offered 24 months of credit monitoring, and enhanced privacy policies.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d8 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

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Aug 21, 2024

Discovered

Oct 18, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim was first seen 38 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_acc8e880770eb0a62024-09-10 · +37dCandidate

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0f2f7a17e11287812024-10-08 · +10dVerified by operator

Name: Virginia Dare Extract Co.
norm: virginia dare extract
Domain: virginiadare.com

Name: Virginia Dare Extract Co.
norm: virginia dare extract
Domain: virginiadare.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Aug 21, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 8, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged a specialized cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic investigation
Retained legal counsel
Notified potentially affected individuals
Offered 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures related to data privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 8 · first

New Hampshire State AG+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 8 (MA), last Oct 18 (NH) — a 10-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/virginia-dare-extract-20241018.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 18, 2024
Raw hash: 2a9a53591c1e4c09a66f5fb39bca65331341fe7f27ddb58d54601cba4877f30f

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVirginia Dare Extract Co.

Victim entityVirginia Dare Extract Co.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 21, 2024

Stated responseEngaged a specialized cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic investigation

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov