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WEL Companies

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Mar 28, 2025

Filed

Nov 25, 2025

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected · nationwide

122,96013,157 in this filing

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for WEL Companies →

WEL Companies, Inc. based in De Pere, Wisconsin, a other entity reported a data breach to the Texas Attorney General. The breach was discovered on 2025-03-28 and reported on 2025-11-25. 13,157 Texas residents were affected. 122,960 individuals affected in total. Types of information involved: Social Security Number Information;Driver’s License number;Government-issued ID number (e.g. passport, state ID card);Medical Information. Consumers were notified via U.S. Mail.

Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d35 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 · 57 days
discovery → filing · ≤ 35 weeks / 242 days

Jan 30, 2025

Begins

Mar 28, 2025

Discovered

Nov 25, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by ransomhub about this victim predates this filing by 298 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 7d gap

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGNov 18 · first
Delaware State AGNov 18 · first
Indiana State AGNov 18 · first
Maine State AG+1d
New Hampshire State AG+1d
Oregon State AG+1d
Washington State AG+1d
California State AG+1d
South Carolina State AG+2d
Massachusetts State AG+3d
Texas State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 18 (MT), last Nov 25 (TX) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 13 — the full spread may be wider.

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.