HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

QUMPUS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 4, 2021

Filed

Apr 25, 2022

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for QUMPUS, INC. →

Qumpus Inc. d/b/a Better World Books notified the NH AG of a data event affecting 1 NH resident. Unauthorized access occurred Sept 22-Oct 4, 2021. Data exposed: name, address, SSN. Notification sent April 19, 2022. Response included credit monitoring via Experian and law enforcement notification.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 12 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 203 days

Sep 22, 2021

Begins

Oct 4, 2021

Discovered

Apr 25, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_d007880bd45f585c2022-04-21 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_17c0e4b5bc50113c2022-04-20 · +5dVerified

Name: QUMPUS, INC.
norm: qumpus

Name: QUMPUS, INC.
norm: qumpus
Also named: Qumpus Inc.dba oflegal entity
Better World Booksdba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 4, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 22, 2021 – Oct 4, 2021
Undetected for: 12 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 19, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney Generalreported this event to federal law enforcement

During the incident: BWB moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assess the security of BWB systems
Notify potentially affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for 24 months, through Experian
Reported this event to federal law enforcement
Notified appropriate state regulators
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing our security policies and procedures to reduce the risk of similar future events
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGApr 20 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 20 (IN), last Apr 25 (NH) — a 5-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/qumpus-dba-better-world-books-20220425.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 25, 2022
Raw hash: cd22cd02163f8878bbea2006955819255be57a6db6ca1fb4d0dfb27bb20785c2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityQUMPUS, INC.

Victim entityQUMPUS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 4, 2021

Stated responseBWB moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov