HackingRetailCustomer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountMediumContained

Special Buys Clothing Inc.

bd_92d668249e35cf79 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 7, 2022

Filed

Dec 9, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

7,00012 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Special Buys Clothing Inc. →

Special Buys Clothing Inc. (DBA Bargain Balloons) reported a data breach affecting 7,000 individuals, including 12 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred between September 27, 2022, and November 7, 2022, was an external system breach (hacking). The compromised information includes names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers with security codes. The company offered 12 months of free credit monitoring services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 7, 2022 → Filed with AG Dec 9, 202232d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks 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 · 41 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Sep 27, 2022

Begins

Nov 7, 2022

Discovered

Dec 9, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_196e44d4a451a3462022-12-09Verified
California State AGbd_d39d671c575ae4782022-12-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_37c987a590a024302022-12-12 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d002a3fd6a6956212022-12-12 · +3dCandidate

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 52d gap

Montana State AGbd_7f2e9177a73a85352022-12-13 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_e92b5897889400622023-01-19 · +41dVerified
Maine State AGbd_47ae83101c7c238c2023-01-20 · +42dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b7879b167a37cbd02023-01-30 · +52dVerified

Name: Special Buys Clothing Inc.
norm: special buys clothing

Name: Special Buys Clothing Inc.
norm: special buys clothing
Also named: Special Buys Clothing Inc.dba oflegal entity
Bargain Balloonsdba oftrade name

Discovered: Nov 7, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 27, 2022 – Nov 7, 2022
Undetected for: 41 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 12, 2022
Affected individuals: 7,000state + nationwide
Data types: PIIFinancial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 12 months of free credit monitoring services through Equifax Inc.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 32d
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: Nov 7, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Dec 9, 2022
32d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 7, 2022 → Filed with AG: Dec 9, 2022	32d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGDec 9 · first

California State AGDec 9 · first

Maine State AGDec 9 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Montana State AG+4d

California State AG+41d

Maine State AG+42d

New Hampshire State AG+52d

Pattern: first filing Dec 9 (MA), last Jan 30 (NH) — a 52-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/8b376dd5-f420-4166-b971-ad1569a09ef8.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 9, 2022
Raw hash: e4fa800e536d48d84ebe88ebecaf4df3ca98efb3dd8516793b60acd326365700

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySpecial Buys Clothing Inc.

Victim entitySpecial Buys Clothing Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of free credit monitoring services through Equifax Inc.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov