UnknownRetail & ConsumerRetailIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)High

Empire Express

bd_dc5498a586cb6c2d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 13, 2026

Filed

May 6, 2026

To disclose

23 days

Affected · nationwide

5,438435 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Empire Express →

Empire Express, Inc. based in Memphis, Tennessee, a business – retail or merchant entity reported a data breach to the Texas Attorney General. The breach was discovered on 2026-04-13 and reported on 2026-05-06. 435 Texas residents were affected. 5,438 individuals affected in total. Types of information involved: Name of individual;Social Security Number Information;Driver’s License number;Medical Information;Health Insurance Information. Consumers were notified via U.S. Mail.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d23 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 290 days

discovery → filing · ≤ 23 days

Jun 27, 2025

Begins

Apr 13, 2026

Discovered

May 6, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by dragonforce about this victim predates this filing by 195 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Sitedragonforcebd_5679ab1659f980ca2026-02-12 · +82dVerified by operator
Leak Sitedragonforcebd_1c22fde1bb51d46b2025-10-23 · +195dVerified

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_4359b907e5bfe3422026-05-05 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4cc97e0a151cab492026-05-05 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_7230429d7f88aa942026-05-05 · +1dCandidate

Name: Empire Express
norm: empire express
Domain: empireexpress.com

Name: Empire Express
norm: empire express
Domain: empireexpress.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerregulator portal

Discovered: Apr 13, 2026
Breach occurred: Jun 27, 2025 – Oct 23, 2025
Undetected for: 290 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,438state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDPHIPII
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberMedical informationHealth insurance information
Attack vector: Unknown

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dTX AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGMay 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 5 · first

Indiana State AGMay 5 · first

Texas State AG+1d · 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://oag.my.site.com/datasecuritybreachreport/apex/DataSecurityReportsPage#BR-0005017
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 6, 2026
Raw hash: ae1af37ef8704304c723e0e0f8a882fc1faae000ead34fd9d4affa927d363f6b

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmpire Express

Victim entityEmpire Express

Incidentdiscovered Apr 13, 2026

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.my.site.com