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HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailSkimmerCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Blade HQ

bd_981135236a66aab2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 18, 2021

Filed

Apr 19, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3,090state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

69%
Full breach record for Blade HQ

Blade HQ, LLC, an online retailer, disclosed a cybersecurity incident where unauthorized parties gained access to its hosted server infrastructure, likely via a compromised admin account. The attackers uploaded malicious JavaScript to perform credit card skimming on customer transactions. The intrusion occurred from January 7, 2021, to March 22, 2021, and briefly on April 11, 2021. Blade HQ discovered the unusual activity on March 18, 2021, engaged forensic investigators, and began notifying affected customers in late April 2021. Approximately 3,090 Washington residents were potentially affected, with data including names, addresses, and credit card details compromised.

Washington clock WA 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 · 70 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Jan 7, 2021

Begins

Mar 18, 2021

Discovered

Apr 19, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Show 4 more filingsup to 5d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗
Oregon State AGApr 19 · first
California State AGApr 19 · first
New Hampshire State AGApr 19 · first
Washington State AGApr 19 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 19 (OR), last Apr 24 (MA) — a 5-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.