🐻California State AGlinked via multistate filing link · 100%
Clustered 3 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filed Nov 11, 2020. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_273387b675de43aa · merge_method deterministic · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Discovery variance · Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster; needs two dated filings.
Identity (basic) · Financial account
CA ME MT
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Jul 7, 2020 → Sep 11, 2020
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Oct 11, 2020
Reported by MAINE AG filing
About this clustering
DisclosureLens links filings into incidents through layered matchers: deterministic rules (same source document, multistate filings of one breach, tight-window same-victim pairs), a weighted-similarity scorer for cross-source candidates, and an operator review queue for everything uncertain. Each link records its own method and confidence — shown per filing in the timeline below. The system defaults to NOT merging when uncertain, because a false merge (collapsing two unrelated breaches) is more harmful than a false split (showing related filings separately); uncertain pairs route to human review instead of auto-merging. Filing summaries shown in the timeline are AI-generated extracts — verify each against its linked source.
BarristerBooks, Inc., a family-owned online law book retailer, discovered that an unknown party obtained payment card information from customers who made purchases on barristerbooks.com, lawbooks.com, or lawbooksforless.com between July 7, 2020 and September 11, 2020. Exposed data included cardholder names, account numbers, expiration dates, and CVVs. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and migrated payment processing to PayPal.
BarristerBooks, Inc. experienced an external hacking incident that began on July 7, 2020 and was discovered on October 11, 2020. The breach compromised names and financial account information of 26 Maine residents.
Affected (this filing): 26
BarristerBooks, Inc. reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2020-11-11. The breach occurred from 7/7/2020 to 9/11/2020. 8 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 8