🐻California State AGlinked via multistate filing link · 100%
Clustered 3 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filing window Dec 26, 2018 → Dec 31, 2018. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_e688df3c961942a8 · merge_method human · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
CA MT WA
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.
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Aug 5, 2018 → Nov 16, 2018
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Nov 16, 2018
Reported by CALIFORNIA AG filing
Dec 20, 2018
Reported by WASHINGTON 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.
BEL USA, LLC (DiscountMugs.com) disclosed a data breach where unauthorized code was inserted into its shopping cart page, collecting customer PII and payment card details (including CVV2). The incident affected orders placed between August 5, 2018, and November 16, 2018. The company retained a security firm, removed the code, and notified law enforcement and payment card companies. Affected customers were offered 12 months of identity protection via AllClear ID.
Bel USA LLC, a business sector entity reported a malware incident to the Washington Attorney General. The organization became aware of the incident on 2018-12-20 and filed notice on 2018-12-26. 1,553 Washington residents were affected. 6 days elapsed between awareness and notification. 137 days to identify the breach. 0 days to contain the breach.
Affected (this filing): 1,553
Bel USA, LLC (DiscountMugs.com) reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2018-12-31. The breach occurred from 8/5/2018 to 11/16/2018. 278 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 278