HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailSkimmerData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Financial accountCredentialsLowContained

Special Buys Clothing Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 7, 2022

Filed

Jan 30, 2023

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

24state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Special Buys Clothing Inc. →

Special Buys Clothing DBA Bargain Balloons issued a supplemental notice to New Hampshire AG regarding a skimming attack affecting customer PII and credit card data. The incident occurred between Sept 27 and Dec 28, 2022, with 24 NH residents affected. The company rebuilt its website and limited payments to PayPal.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 41 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

Sep 27, 2022

Begins

Nov 7, 2022

Discovered

Jan 16, 2023

Scope determined

Jan 30, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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_47ae83101c7c238c2023-01-20 · +10dVerified
California State AGbd_e92b5897889400622023-01-19 · +11dVerified
Montana State AGbd_7f2e9177a73a85352022-12-13 · +48dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_37c987a590a024302022-12-12 · +49dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 52d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_d002a3fd6a6956212022-12-12 · +49dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_196e44d4a451a3462022-12-09 · +52dVerified
Maine State AGbd_92d668249e35cf792022-12-09 · +52dCandidate
California State AGbd_d39d671c575ae4782022-12-09 · +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
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 7, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 27, 2022 – Dec 28, 2022
Undetected for: 41 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jan 16, 2023
Notification sent: Jan 28, 2023
Affected individuals: 24state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1056 Input CaptureT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Temporarily shut down the website
Hired a leading forensic IT team to investigate
Rebuilt both servers and relaunched the website
Offering free credit monitoring to individuals affected
Changes made: Rebuilt the website from scratch on a fresh server
Limited payment processing to PayPal
Building a new website that sends all payment processing to recognized third-party processors
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(84 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 · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGDec 9 · first

Maine State AGDec 9 · first

California State AGDec 9 · first

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 · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/special-buys-clothing-dba-bargain-balloons-20230130.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 30, 2023
Raw hash: 5f5d4ee2bb9e7be96689e816697c33ad18aaeda5fa1a33c6a226b3f347f44d3d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySpecial Buys Clothing Inc.

Victim entitySpecial Buys Clothing Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2022

Stated responseTemporarily shut down the website

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov