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Special Buys Clothing Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 7, 2022

Filed

Jan 20, 2023

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

12,27016 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Special Buys Clothing Inc. →

Special Buys Clothing Inc. DBA Bargain Balloons experienced an external system breach where an unauthorized party gained access to its network. The breach, which occurred from September 27, 2022, to December 28, 2022, resulted in the compromise of names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers with security codes for 12,270 individuals. The company began notifying affected individuals electronically on December 16, 2022, and offered 12 months of free credit monitoring services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 7, 2022 → Filed with AG Jan 20, 202374d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 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 · 41 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Sep 27, 2022

Begins

Nov 7, 2022

Discovered

Jan 20, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_e92b5897889400622023-01-19 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b7879b167a37cbd02023-01-30 · +10dVerified
Montana State AGbd_7f2e9177a73a85352022-12-13 · +38dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_37c987a590a024302022-12-12 · +39dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 42d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_d002a3fd6a6956212022-12-12 · +39dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_196e44d4a451a3462022-12-09 · +42dVerified
Maine State AGbd_92d668249e35cf792022-12-09 · +42dCandidate
California State AGbd_d39d671c575ae4782022-12-09 · +42dVerified

Name: Special Buys Clothing Inc.
norm: special buys clothing

Name: Special Buys Clothing Inc.
norm: special buys clothing
Also named: Special Buys Clothing Inc.dba oflegal entity
Bargain Balloonsdba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 7, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 27, 2022 – Dec 28, 2022
Undetected for: 41 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 12,270state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentialsPCI
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Sent electronic notification to affected individuals
Changes made: Offered 12 months of free credit monitoring services through Equifax Inc.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(74 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 74d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Nov 7, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Jan 20, 2023
74d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 7, 2022 → Filed with AG: Jan 20, 2023	74d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGDec 9 · first

Maine State AGDec 9 · first

California State AGDec 9 · first

Indiana State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Montana State AG+4d

California State AG+41d

Maine State AG+42d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+52d

Pattern: first filing Dec 9 (MA), last Jan 30 (NH) — a 52-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/db569aa9-01f9-4084-94c6-01042d1e6015.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 20, 2023
Raw hash: 2cf8be1cf9dc9bbd3b3b66d847c57ff1567e0a6ee2207f9fccafc54aadb63e69

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySpecial Buys Clothing Inc.

Victim entitySpecial Buys Clothing Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2022

Stated responseSent electronic notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov