HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Pennsylvania General Store

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 6, 2023

Filed

Oct 27, 2023

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pennsylvania General Store →2 incidents on file

Pennsylvania General Store notified customers of a data security incident involving its third-party e-commerce platform, CommerceV3. The incident occurred between November 24, 2021, and December 14, 2022, but was not discovered until June 6, 2023. Affected data may include names, email addresses, billing addresses, payment card numbers, CVV codes, and expiration dates. Approximately 46 Rhode Island residents were potentially impacted. CommerceV3 conducted a forensic investigation and implemented additional security measures.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 6, 2023 → Notified Sep 15, 2023101d ✗ CA 60-day late20 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 559 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 143 days

Nov 24, 2021

Begins

Jun 6, 2023

Discovered

Oct 27, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of CommerceV3 supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0a85d081d999d2b52023-10-27Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_229a53d6a2ad0b652023-09-15 · +42dVerified

Name: Pennsylvania General Store
norm: pennsylvania general store

Name: Pennsylvania General Store
norm: pennsylvania general store
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 6, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 24, 2021 – Dec 14, 2022
Undetected for: 559 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
Threat actor: External
Third party: via CommerceV3

During the incident: CommerceV3 conducted a forensic investigation alongside third-party cybersecurity experts as well as the major card brands and banks
CommerceV3 conducted a review of the potentially affected data to identify the individuals whose information was potentially contained therein for notification purposes
Changes made: CommerceV3 has implemented additional security measures designed to protect the privacy of its customers' data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(143 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 101d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 6, 2023
→ Notified: Sep 15, 2023
101d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 6, 2023 → Notified: Sep 15, 2023	101d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGSep 15 · first

Maine State AG+42d

California State AG+42d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 15 (IN), last Oct 27 (CA) — a 42-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-575814
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 27, 2023
Raw hash: e8cb7301b6058016f13a405222bae20a4b4467998e9b3c534c4736d9839cfa51

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPennsylvania General Store

Victim entityPennsylvania General Store

Incidentdiscovered Jun 6, 2023

Stated responseCommerceV3 conducted a forensic investigation alongside third-party cybersecurity experts as well as the major card brands and banks

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov