DisclosureLens
HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSELLERS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Oct 24, 2012

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSELLERS, INC. →2 incidents on file

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. issued a breach notification to residents of New Hampshire, North Carolina, Maryland, and Massachusetts regarding unauthorized access to customer data. The notification includes FTC identity theft resources and state-specific AG contact information.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Oct 24, 2012

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGOct 24 · first
New Hampshire State AGOct 24 · first · this page
Massachusetts State AG+1d

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.