HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Guidecraft, Inc

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 29, 2022

Filed

Feb 23, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Guidecraft, Inc →

Guidecraft, Inc. notified consumers of a data breach involving unauthorized code injection on its e-commerce website (guidecraft.com). The incident, discovered on December 29, 2022, potentially exposed customer names, billing/shipping addresses, and credit/debit card numbers for transactions made between September 2021 and February 2023. Guidecraft engaged forensic specialists and secured the site. 36 Rhode Island residents were explicitly identified as impacted.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday8 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 · 464 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Sep 21, 2021

Begins

Dec 29, 2022

Discovered

Feb 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_4e513b290187f7022023-03-23 · +28dVerified
California State AGbd_6bf63214db4c2b3a2023-03-23 · +28dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_782746619e5e1e0b2023-03-23 · +28dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_94283fc6750b626f2023-03-23 · +28dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_bb2e6359e91e56ea2023-03-23 · +28dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_78b2bed0ea9d45eb2023-03-27 · +32dVerified

Name: Guidecraft, Inc
norm: guidecraft
Domain: guidecraft.com

Name: Guidecraft, Inc
norm: guidecraft
Domain: guidecraft.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 29, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 21, 2021 – Feb 8, 2023
Undetected for: 464 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 23, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1074 Data Staged
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Worked to secure our website
Reviewed our security policies and enhanced procedures
Changes made: Enhanced procedures to reduce the risk of similar future events
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 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 · 7 filings · 7 states

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Vermont State AGFeb 23 · first · this page

Maine State AG+28d

California State AG+28d

Montana State AG+28d

Massachusetts State AG+28d

Indiana State AG+28d

New Hampshire State AG+32d

Pattern: first filing Feb 23 (VT), last Mar 27 (NH) — a 32-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-02-23-guidecraft-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 23, 2023
Raw hash: 37e8bf08bf3072ba0fa38e6a7859f1f2ed7aef886660e027b3320930c187c162

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGuidecraft, Inc

Victim entityGuidecraft, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Dec 29, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov