HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailSkimmerTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Blade HQ

bd_a449fbb90cda4b3e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 25, 2021

Filed

Apr 20, 2021

To disclose

26 days

Affected

469state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Blade HQ →

Blade HQ, LLC notified customers of a data breach where an unauthorized intruder uploaded malware to its websites (bladehq.com, etc.) between Jan 7 and Apr 11, 2021. The malware skimmed customer transaction data including names, addresses, and credit card details. Blade HQ engaged forensic investigators, removed the malware, deployed new servers, and implemented additional security measures.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 77 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Jan 7, 2021

Begins

Mar 25, 2021

Discovered

Apr 20, 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

Maine State AGbd_bf35a6f255d2a15b2021-04-20Verified
Indiana State AGbd_2fbaeb6b51b0a4392021-04-21 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_4de597f4ac5ffcf42021-04-19 · +1dCandidate
South Carolina State AGbd_58df914043b255af2021-04-19 · +1dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 4d gap

California State AGbd_8a34f4aeb2a21f7e2021-04-19 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_981135236a66aab22021-04-19 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f6e497d7bc576b252021-04-19 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_be5281510a50cdea2021-04-24 · +4dVerified

Name: Blade HQ
norm: blade hq
Domain: bladehq.com

Name: Blade HQ
norm: blade hq
Domain: bladehq.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 25, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 7, 2021 – Apr 11, 2021
Undetected for: 77 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 19, 2021
Affected individuals: 469state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Cooperating with applicable governmental authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained the services of a qualified cybersecurity forensic investigation firm
Intruder’s access and malware have been removed from our website
Deployed new servers
Implemented additional security measures
Working closely with major credit card suppliers and governmental authorities
Changes made: Deployed new servers
Implemented additional security measures to prevent a recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Oregon State AGApr 19 · first

South Carolina State AGApr 19 · first

California State AGApr 19 · first

Washington State AGApr 19 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 19 · first

Maine State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d · this page

Indiana State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/blade-notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 20, 2021
Raw hash: d9f333958fe49a61de9fa9af52ace232460ccad7dc7bfe52a5f898879da8eb5a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBlade HQ

Victim entityBlade HQ

Incidentdiscovered Mar 25, 2021

Stated responseRetained the services of a qualified cybersecurity forensic investigation firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov