HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountAuthenticationMediumContained

CLAIRE'S STORES, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 11, 2020

Filed

Jul 8, 2020

To disclose

27 days

Affected

1,166state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for CLAIRE'S STORES, INC. →2 incidents on file

Claire's Stores, Inc. notified the Washington AG of a cyberattack on its e-commerce site. Unauthorized code added between April 7 and June 12, 2020, exfiltrated customer checkout data including names, addresses, payment card details, and account passwords. 1,166 Washington residents were notified. Claire's engaged forensic investigators, removed the code, and notified law enforcement.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d27 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 65 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

Apr 7, 2020

Begins

Jun 11, 2020

Discovered

Jul 8, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1bca0a4881aa6b3d2020-07-08Verified
Indiana State AGbd_329767b59e4ac0862020-07-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_624858b7a1d3f81f2020-07-08Verified
California State AGbd_95d7b1867aaa13d42020-07-08Verified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 189d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_ad6d37f5c0e9547a2020-07-08Verified
Oregon State AGbd_ff2273383efef6cc2020-07-08Verified
Illinois State AGbd_7bd92737897373392020-01-01 · +189dCandidate

Name: CLAIRE'S STORES, INC.
norm: claire s stores

Name: CLAIRE'S STORES, INC.
norm: claire s stores
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 11, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 7, 2020 – Jun 12, 2020
Undetected for: 65 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 8, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,166state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountAuthentication
Data elements: NameFinancial account numberUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a security firm
Identified and removed unauthorized code
Reinforced the security of its site
Notified the payment cards network
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+189d

Indiana State AG+189d

Massachusetts State AG+189d

California State AG+189d

New Hampshire State AG+189d

Oregon State AG+189d

Washington State AG+189d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 8 (WA) — a 189-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10566.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 8, 2020
Raw hash: e10615ca38988b789db94aed4e8d41c7439fc30cc9082cc52d3e299d5551dc86

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCLAIRE'S STORES, INC.

Victim entityCLAIRE'S STORES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 11, 2020

Stated responseEngaged a security firm

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com