HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The CE Shop

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 23, 2025

Filed

Feb 21, 2025

To disclose

29 days

Affected

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for The CE Shop →

The CE Shop notified Maryland AG of an isolated security incident affecting 6 customers. Discovered Jan 23, 2025, the breach may have exposed names and SSNs. The incident was contained quickly with no evidence of misuse. The company reported the incident to the AG and advised affected individuals to place fraud alerts.

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Maryland clock✓ MD AG ≤30d29 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 days

Jan 23, 2025

Discovered

Feb 21, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6 affectedView incident

Name: The CE Shop
norm: the ce shop
Domain: theceshop.com

Name: The CE Shop
norm: the ce shop
Domain: theceshop.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 23, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 17, 2025
Affected individuals: 6nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this incident to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took action to secure the data
Launched a thorough investigation
Reported this incident to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376483.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 21, 2025
Raw hash: 9e1a4e74cb8a1cea54e32e732be15e51a7c87b1644d151351abd3b4c5f34492b

Reporting entityThe CE Shop

Victim entityThe CE Shop

Incidentdiscovered Jan 23, 2025

Stated responseTook action to secure the data

ComplianceMD AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov