HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailSQL InjectionCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

General Wax and Candle Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 16, 2023

Filed

May 19, 2023

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for General Wax and Candle Company →

General Wax & Candle Company notified Montana residents of a data security incident involving unauthorized access to payment card data via malicious code on its retail website. The compromise occurred between February 16 and March 2, 2023. Affected data included names, contact info, and full credit/debit card details. The company engaged forensic investigators and implemented enhanced security safeguards.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Feb 16, 2023

Begins

Feb 16, 2023

Discovered

May 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_d1fb306156627e212023-05-19Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_e9dc0ff8413253252023-05-23 · +4dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_527e8d365d8f0e342023-05-10 · +9dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_a50b3aefdcd2bee32023-05-10 · +9dVerified

Name: General Wax and Candle Company
norm: general wax and candle
Domain: generalwax.com

Name: General Wax and Candle Company
norm: general wax and candle
Domain: generalwax.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 16, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 16, 2023 – Mar 2, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 10, 2023
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removed the malicious code
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation into the incident in consultation with external forensic investigators and data privacy professionals
Implemented enhanced security safeguards to help protect against similar intrusions
Conducting ongoing monitoring of our website to ensure that it is secure and cleared of any malicious activity
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security safeguards
Conducting ongoing monitoring of our website
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Vermont State AGMay 10 · first

Indiana State AGMay 10 · first

Maine State AG+9d

Montana State AG+9d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing May 10 (VT), last May 23 (MA) — a 13-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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-298.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 19, 2023
Raw hash: dbcc4ef2735bd3d7fc1d0dbf5253a4e1a683b1baf133382af4a7d675325e7336

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGeneral Wax and Candle Company

Victim entityGeneral Wax and Candle Company

Incidentdiscovered Feb 16, 2023

Stated responseRemoved the malicious code

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov