HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Herff Jones, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 7, 2021

Filed

Jun 21, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

17,709state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Herff Jones, Inc. →

Herff Jones LLC notified customers of a data breach discovered on April 7, 2021, involving unauthorized access to payment card information and potentially names, addresses, and emails. The company engaged law enforcement and a cybersecurity firm, terminated access, and offered one year of free credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due11 weeks 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 · 11 weeks / 75 days

Apr 7, 2021

Discovered

Jun 21, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_5f73094a967c585a2021-06-18 · +3dVerified
Hawaii State AGbd_74f29caa55e603872021-06-18 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_c498cc7962b75b4e2021-06-17 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dd6104b2c45fb75f2021-06-17 · +4dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 6d gap

California State AGbd_2e90ae60839167cf2021-06-16 · +5dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_c3551e4927f858b92021-06-16 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_0f9c2217d66a36282021-06-15 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_29c004d8b0b0569a2021-06-15 · +6dCandidate
Delaware State AGbd_b365bf4fbdc559d82021-06-15 · +6dVerified

Name: Herff Jones, Inc.
norm: herff jones

Name: Herff Jones, Inc.
norm: herff jones
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 7, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 17,709state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Notified law enforcement
Engaged a leading cybersecurity firm to assist in assessing the scope of the incident
Took steps to mitigate the potential impact to our customers
Established a new payment process in partnership with PayPal
Offering customers a free hotline
Secured an identity monitoring service at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Use of alternative ordering mechanisms
Established a new payment process in partnership with PayPal
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(75 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Indiana State AGJun 15 · first

Montana State AGJun 15 · first

Delaware State AGJun 15 · first

California State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Maine State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Washington State AG+3d

Hawaii State AG+3d

South Carolina State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 15 (IN), last Jun 21 (SC) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2021/HerffJones.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 21, 2021
Raw hash: d76c2cb292befc7ce128a0bac5710406bc60a14b4067c4f8e181a28d9b09847a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHerff Jones, Inc.

Victim entityHerff Jones, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 7, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov