One linked filing — more sources may join as they report · filed Feb 22, 2023. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_4b3fb985c0034636 · merge_method deterministic
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Not recorded for this incident
Discovery variance · Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay · Filing span — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster; needs two dated filings.
Identity (basic) · Financial account · Credentials
VT
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Apr 27, 2022 → Nov 5, 2022
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
May 22, 2022
Reported by VERMONT AG filing
Essential Wholesale & Labs (EWL) notified consumers of a data breach where unauthorized code on its website checkout page captured customer data. The incident affected purchases made between April 27-May 22, 2022, and October 11-November 5, 2022. Data exposed included names, shipping addresses, payment card info, and email addresses. EWL engaged forensic investigators and law enforcement.
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.