HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Five Below, Inc.

bd_2b427935a51fbe9b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 28, 2018

Filed

Oct 5, 2018

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Five Below, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Five Below, Inc. notified Montana residents of a cybersecurity incident where unauthorized third parties accessed customer order and payment card data (names, addresses, card numbers, CVVs) for orders placed between Aug 14–28 and Sep 18–19, 2018. The company engaged forensic investigators, enhanced website security, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Aug 14, 2018

Begins

Aug 28, 2018

Discovered

Oct 5, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_8a079fa7697776232018-10-05Verified
Montana State AGbd_f089b12fecb700372018-10-05Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_4375b1e64eeafbdf2018-10-08 · +3dVerified

Name: Five Below, Inc.
norm: five below

Name: Five Below, Inc.
norm: five below
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 28, 2018
Breach occurred: Aug 14, 2018 – Sep 19, 2018
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 3, 2018
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began an investigation with the assistance of a leading computer security firm
Secured the services of Experian to offer you a complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM
Enhanced the security measures for our website
Working with the payment card networks so that banks that issue payment cards can be made aware
Changes made: Enhanced the security measures for our website
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGOct 5 · first

Montana State AGOct 5 · first

Montana State AGOct 5 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Five-Below.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 5, 2018
Raw hash: f85b2cee28349044f2aab0d3686b8ffe19f863b80ebc90c5aba0363db3ee427b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFive Below, Inc.

Victim entityFive Below, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 28, 2018

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the assistance of a leading computer security firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov