On December 1, 2023, the Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Valrhona Chocolate discovered on October 4, 2023. The breach was due to malicious software on their website that potentially compromised customer credit card information. Affected personal information includes names, addresses, dates of birth, emails, and credit card information.
Source: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-12-01-valrhona-data-breach-notice-consumers
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/valrhona
"id": "val939072525",
"linkid": "valrhona",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "10/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Food and Beverage',
'name': 'Valrhona Chocolate',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Malicious Software',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'emails'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'emails',
'credit card information']},
'date_detected': '2023-10-04',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-12-01',
'description': 'A data breach involving Valrhona Chocolate was reported by '
'the Vermont Office of the Attorney General on December 1, '
'2023. The breach was discovered on October 4, 2023, due to '
'malicious software on their website that potentially '
'compromised customer credit card information. Affected '
'personal information includes names, addresses, dates of '
'birth, emails, and credit card information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'emails',
'credit card information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-12-01',
'source': 'Vermont Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Valrhona Chocolate Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}