DisclosureLens
HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

BEL USA LLC

bd_2fe11865ef1e5141 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 16, 2018

Filed

Dec 31, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

278state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for BEL USA LLC2 incidents on file

Bel USA, LLC (DiscountMugs.com) notified Montana residents of a data security incident where unauthorized code was inserted into the shopping cart page between August 5 and November 16, 2018. The code collected customer PII and payment card details (including CVV2). The company removed the code, engaged forensic investigators, and notified law enforcement and payment card companies. Identity protection services were offered to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

undetected · 103 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Aug 5, 2018

Begins

Nov 16, 2018

Discovered

Dec 31, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filingup to 5d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGDec 26 · first
Massachusetts State AGDec 26 · first
New Hampshire State AGDec 26 · first
Washington State AGDec 26 · first
Montana State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 26 (CA), last Jan 4 (SC) — a 9-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.