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See's Candies

bd_467f37d71591e9f3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 12, 2026

Filed

Sep 3, 2026

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

481scope not determined

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for See's Candies

See’s Candies, Inc. based in South San Francisco, California, a business – retail or merchant entity reported a data breach to the Texas Attorney General. The breach was discovered on 2026-04-12 and reported on 2026-09-03. 481 Texas residents were affected. 23,737 individuals affected in total. Types of information involved: Name of individual;Address;Social Security Number Information;Driver’s License number;Government-issued ID number (e.g. passport, state ID card);Medical Information;Date of Birth. Consumers were notified via U.S. Mail.

Texas clock TX AG >30d21 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

discovery → filing · ≤ 21 weeks / 144 days

Apr 12, 2026

Discovered

Sep 3, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by qilin about this victim predates this filing by 125 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGAug 13 · first
Texas State AG+21d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 13 (CA), last Sep 3 (TX) — a 21-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.