AccidentalRetail & ConsumerManufacturingRetailData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

BISSELL, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 27, 2023

Filed

Apr 20, 2023

To disclose

24 days

Affected · nationwide

9202 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for BISSELL, Inc →2 incidents on file

BISSELL, Inc. reported a data breach affecting 920 individuals due to an incident at a third-party vendor that occurred between January 28, 2023, and January 31, 2023. The breach, discovered on March 27, 2023, resulted in the exposure of names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on April 20, 2023, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 27, 2023 → Filed with AG Apr 20, 202324d ✓ ME AG ≤30d24 days 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 · 58 days

discovery → filing · 24 days

Jan 28, 2023

Begins

Mar 27, 2023

Discovered

Apr 20, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_085b96488eecbada2023-04-20Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0cba799bed55bffa2023-04-20Verified
Vermont State AGbd_45820182c3db882f2023-04-20Verified
Montana State AGbd_5c73077d258932bc2023-04-20Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_7976b2c70ee3b38f2023-04-20Verified

Name: BISSELL, Inc
norm: bissell

Name: BISSELL, Inc
norm: bissell
Industry: Retail & ConsumerllmManufacturingllm

Discovered: Mar 27, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 28, 2023 – Jan 31, 2023
Undetected for: 58 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 20, 2023
Affected individuals: 920state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
Threat actor: Partner

During the incident: Offered 1 year of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 24d
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: Mar 27, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Apr 20, 2023
24d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 27, 2023 → Filed with AG: Apr 20, 2023	24d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGApr 20 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 20 · first

Vermont State AGApr 20 · first

Montana State AGApr 20 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 20 · first

Maine State AGApr 20 · first · this page

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/dc2b5205-074d-4c66-a896-8d2edaa4db82.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 20, 2023
Raw hash: 2193402a1b83f2ca3f3eb92281c0be1fd21dfe4c1ae9314bbc7e75b7d521487f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBISSELL, Inc

Victim entityBISSELL, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Mar 27, 2023

Stated responseOffered 1 year of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov