DisclosureLens
HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Walsworth Publishing Company

bd_f9c492d660ecbd62 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 9, 2024

Filed

Nov 22, 2024

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

1,080state residents only

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for Walsworth Publishing Company →2 incidents on file

Walsworth Publishing Company notified Montana residents of a data security incident involving its website and purchasing page. The incident, discovered on February 9, 2024, potentially exposed names, payment card numbers, expiration dates, and CVVs. No evidence of personal data exposure was found, but notification was sent out of caution. Affected individuals were offered complimentary credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 287 days

Feb 9, 2024

Discovered

Nov 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+31 wks slower

This filing is one of 11 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 5d gap

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

View merged incident ↗
Washington State AGNov 22 · first
Massachusetts State AGNov 22 · first
Vermont State AGNov 22 · first
Oregon State AGNov 22 · first
Indiana State AGNov 22 · first
New Hampshire State AGNov 22 · first
Maine State AGNov 22 · first
California State AGNov 22 · first
Montana State AGNov 22 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 22 (SC), last Nov 27 (ID) — 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.