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MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsInfostealerCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedFinancial accountCredentialsIdentity (basic)LowContained

The Wine House

bd_ef38a6690537d622 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 26, 2018

Filed

Sep 22, 2018

To disclose

27 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for The Wine House →

The Wine House experienced a data breach involving malware on its website. A third party compromised an employee account around July 22, 2018, allowing malware to be installed. The malware captured keystrokes, potentially accessing login credentials, addresses, and credit card billing information between July 22 and August 28, 2018. The company was alerted on August 26, 2018, removed the malware, secured accounts, and is offering identity theft protection services.

California clockDiscovered Aug 26, 2018 → Notified Sep 21, 201826d ✓ CA 60-day OK27 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 35 days
discovery → filing · 27 days

Jul 22, 2018

Begins

Aug 26, 2018

Discovered

Sep 22, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

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.