HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Sobel Westex, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 22, 2020

Filed

Jul 1, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sobel Westex, Inc. →

Sobel Westex, Inc. notified customers that unauthorized third parties placed malicious code on its web store e-commerce system between April 10-20, 2020. The company discovered the incident on May 22, 2020. Compromised data included names, contact info, and credit/debit card details with CVV codes. Sobel engaged forensic investigators, removed the malware, and alerted credit card issuers.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 42 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Apr 10, 2020

Begins

May 22, 2020

Discovered

Jul 1, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0af0198acdecd5382020-07-01Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ed104bfbac3e14072020-07-01Verified

Name: Sobel Westex, Inc.
norm: sobel westex

Name: Sobel Westex, Inc.
norm: sobel westex
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 22, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 10, 2020 – Apr 20, 2020
Undetected for: 42 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged outside security firm to investigate the incident
Removed the malicious code
Alerted the credit card companies of the incident
Taken additional technical steps to further secure our web store
Changes made: Taken additional technical steps to further secure our web store and prevent this type of incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGJul 1 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 1 · first

Montana State AGJul 1 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Sobel-Westex-Inc.-Consumer.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 1, 2020
Raw hash: 089d7f490360328395c90f247fc1c77da42fb57992f7d8cac50f08036992cdca

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySobel Westex, Inc.

Victim entitySobel Westex, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 22, 2020

Stated responseEngaged outside security firm to investigate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov