🍁Vermont State AGlinked via multistate filing link · 95%
Clustered 3 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filing window May 10, 2023 → May 19, 2023. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_38944e65b91f4be8 · merge_method deterministic · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
Identity (basic) · Financial account
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.
ME MT VT
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Feb 16, 2023 → Mar 2, 2023
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Feb 16, 2023
Reported by VERMONT AG filing
Apr 7, 2023
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.
General Wax & Candle Company experienced a data breach where malicious code was injected into its retail website checkout page, capturing customer payment card data, names, and contact info between Feb 16 and Mar 2, 2023. The company engaged forensic investigators, removed the code, and implemented enhanced security safeguards. No specific count of affected individuals was disclosed in the filing.
General Wax and Candle Company experienced an external system breach (hacking) on 02/16/2023, discovered on 04/07/2023. The incident affected 238 individuals, including 4 Maine residents. Acquired data included names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers (with security codes/PINs). Written notification was sent on 05/10/2023. No identity theft protection services were offered.
Affected (this filing): 238
General Wax and Candle Company reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2023-05-19. The breach occurred from 2/16/2023 to 3/2/2023. 2 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 2