HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsSkimmerCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountCredentialsLowContained

Special Buys Clothing Inc.

bd_d002a3fd6a695621 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 7, 2022

Filed

Dec 12, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

15state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Special Buys Clothing Inc. →

Special Buys Clothing Inc. (dba Bargain Balloons) notified NH AG of a data breach discovered Nov 7, 2022. Malicious code (skimmer) was inserted on the checkout page between Sep 27 and Nov 6, 2022, harvesting customer PII and credit card data. 15 NH residents affected. SBCI engaged forensic experts, removed code, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 41 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Sep 27, 2022

Begins

Nov 7, 2022

Discovered

Dec 12, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

3 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

Indiana State AGbd_37c987a590a024302022-12-12Verified
Montana State AGbd_7f2e9177a73a85352022-12-13 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_196e44d4a451a3462022-12-09 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_92d668249e35cf792022-12-09 · +3dCandidate

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California State AGbd_d39d671c575ae4782022-12-09 · +3dVerified
California State AGbd_e92b5897889400622023-01-19 · +38dVerified
Maine State AGbd_47ae83101c7c238c2023-01-20 · +39dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b7879b167a37cbd02023-01-30 · +49dVerified

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 – Nov 6, 2022
Undetected for: 41 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 12, 2022
Affected individuals: 15state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input CaptureT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General's OfficeReporting to local police and regulatory authorities in applicable jurisdictions
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired a leading firm of forensic IT experts
Removed the malicious code from the Company’s website
Performed a thorough scan of the Company’s website
All harvested data was taken offline
Changes made: Fortified its networks
Upgraded security by locking down access
Adding security protocols
Replacing passwords
Segregating information systems
Adding additional security monitoring software
Performing a dark web search
Contacting relevant payment gateways to report on the data breach
Reporting to local police and regulatory authorities in applicable jurisdictions
Offering free credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 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

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Massachusetts State AGDec 9 · first

Maine State AGDec 9 · first

California State AGDec 9 · first

Indiana State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

Montana State AG+4d

California State AG+41d

Maine State AG+42d

New Hampshire State AG+52d

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-20221212.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 12, 2022
Raw hash: fcf4370f2eac805b404d8363e1758eacd2ebd353713c4108fa2541e629fd039e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySpecial Buys Clothing Inc.

Victim entitySpecial Buys Clothing Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2022

Stated responseHired a leading firm of forensic IT experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov