DisclosureLens
HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailSkimmerData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Blade HQ

bd_f6e497d7bc576b25 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 18, 2021

Filed

Apr 19, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

651state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Blade HQ

Blade HQ, LLC, an online retailer of outdoor equipment, disclosed a security incident in New Hampshire affecting 651 state residents. Unauthorized parties gained access to the company's hosted server infrastructure, likely via a compromised admin account, and uploaded malicious JavaScript code to perform credit card transaction skimming. The malicious code existed from approximately January 7, 2021, to March 22, 2021, and briefly on April 11, 2021. Affected data included customer names, addresses, email addresses, credit card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV codes. The company engaged a forensic firm, patched vulnerabilities, migrated to a secure server, and implemented new security measures. Notifications to affected customers began on April 20, 2021.

Incident timeline

undetected · 70 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Jan 7, 2021

Begins

Mar 18, 2021

Discovered

Apr 19, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filingsup to 5d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Oregon State AGApr 19 · first
California State AGApr 19 · first
Washington State AGApr 19 · first
New Hampshire State AGApr 19 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 19 (OR), last Apr 24 (MA) — 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.