DisclosureLens
HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedFinancial accountPIILowContained

Backcountry Gear

bd_a420f0322cd43832 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 4, 2016

Filed

Nov 23, 2016

To disclose

19 days

Affected

25state residents only

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Backcountry Gear3 incidents on file

Backcountry Gear notified customers that payment card information (names, card numbers, security codes, expiration dates) was acquired without authorization between September 26 and November 5, 2016. The company detected the incident on November 4, 2016, removed malware, secured a backdoor, and notified merchant banks and card networks.

Incident timeline

undetected · 39 days
discovery → filing · 19 days

Sep 26, 2016

Begins

Nov 4, 2016

Discovered

Nov 23, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed25 affectedView incident

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.