HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountEmploymentMediumContained

Boot World

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 27, 2023

Filed

Jun 13, 2023

To disclose

17 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Boot World →

Boot World Inc. experienced a security breach via its third-party payroll provider, Paycom, on May 27, 2023. Unauthorized parties accessed employee data including names, SSNs, addresses, and banking information. The company notified employees on May 31, 2023, and is cooperating with the FBI. Identity theft protection was offered.

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California clockDiscovered May 27, 2023 → Notified May 31, 20233d ✓ CA 60-day OK17 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 days

May 27, 2023

Begins

May 27, 2023

Discovered

Jun 13, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Boot World
norm: boot world
Domain: bootworld.com

Name: Boot World
norm: boot world
Domain: bootworld.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 27, 2023
Breach occurred: May 27, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 31, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated CollectionT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Working with law enforcement and the FBI
Third party: via Paycom
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Notified employees via email on May 31, 2023
Working with law enforcement and the FBI to investigate
Allowing employees paid time to contact financial institutions and credit bureaus
Offering one-year subscription to identity theft protection services through Norton LifeLock
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent a recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 3d
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: May 27, 2023
→ Notified: May 31, 2023
3d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 27, 2023 → Notified: May 31, 2023	3d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-567947
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 13, 2023
Raw hash: 263bfa2b48001489f8d7930ed4f528a4dbfa5de77523903c8f857db8f68711b7

Reporting entityBoot World

Victim entityBoot World

Incidentdiscovered May 27, 2023

Stated responseNotified employees via email on May 31, 2023

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov