HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

General Wax and Candle Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

May 10, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for General Wax and Candle Company →

General Wax & Candle Company experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to customer payment card data via malicious code on its retail website. The incident occurred between February 16, 2023, and March 2, 2023. Affected data included names, contact information, credit/debit card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV codes. The company removed the malicious code, engaged forensic investigators, and implemented enhanced security safeguards.

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Incident timeline

Feb 16, 2023

Begins

May 10, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_a50b3aefdcd2bee32023-05-10Verified
Maine State AGbd_d1fb306156627e212023-05-19 · +9dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_e91f73e4681fa00a2023-05-19 · +9dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e9dc0ff8413253252023-05-23 · +13dVerified

Name: General Wax and Candle Company
norm: general wax and candle
Domain: generalwax.com

Name: General Wax and Candle Company
norm: general wax and candle
Domain: generalwax.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 16, 2023 – Mar 2, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 10, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removed the malicious code
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation into the incident in consultation with external forensic investigators and data privacy professionals
Implemented enhanced security safeguards to help protect against similar intrusions
Conducting ongoing monitoring of our website to ensure that it is secure and cleared of any malicious activity
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security safeguards to help protect against similar intrusions
Conducting ongoing monitoring of our website to ensure that it is secure and cleared of any malicious activity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 10 · first

Vermont State AGMay 10 · first · this page

Maine State AG+9d

Montana State AG+9d

Massachusetts State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing May 10 (IN), last May 23 (MA) — a 13-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-05-10-general-wax-candle-company-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 10, 2023
Raw hash: 54047c34c0f849b580d8ec4915ca9c891b7388b996415bbcc279ea5b7b91586b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGeneral Wax and Candle Company

Victim entityGeneral Wax and Candle Company

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseRemoved the malicious code

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov