HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailTargetedPIIPCIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

PQL, Inc.

bd_b48e8ccb877769b8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 4, 2022

Filed

Nov 23, 2022

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PQL, Inc. →

PQL, Inc. dba Premium Quality Lighting notified Montana residents of a May 4, 2022 data security incident involving unauthorized access to digital systems. The incident potentially exposed names, payment card numbers, expiration dates, and CVVs. No evidence of misuse was found. The company engaged cybersecurity experts and implemented additional security measures.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 203 days

May 4, 2022

Begins

May 4, 2022

Discovered

Nov 23, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_155ebac736a6ad9c2022-11-23Verified

Name: PQL, Inc.
norm: pql

Name: PQL, Inc.
norm: pql
Also named: PQL, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Premium Quality Lightingdba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 4, 2022
Breach occurred: May 4, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIPCIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged leading, independent cybersecurity experts to help us to conduct an investigation
Implemented additional technical security measures
Changes made: Implemented additional technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(203 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGNov 23 · first

Montana State AGNov 23 · 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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-739.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 23, 2022
Raw hash: d8dc3426455edc4a86ee6e924a80746e71f06e8736684c53096155cd9b55a495

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPQL, Inc.

Victim entityPQL, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 4, 2022

Stated responseEngaged leading, independent cybersecurity experts to help us to conduct an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov