HackingStolen CredentialsBrute ForceCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTLowContained
The Neiman Marcus Group LLC
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Full breach record for The Neiman Marcus Group LLC →In January 2016, The Neiman Marcus Group detected unauthorized access to its mobile app environment via automated brute-force attacks using credentials stolen from other breaches. Attackers accessed customer names, addresses, phone numbers, last four digits of credit cards, expiration dates, and gift card account numbers. Full credit card numbers were not accessed. The company updated app security controls and required password resets for affected accounts.
California clockDiscovered Jan 1, 2016 → Notified Jul 26, 2017572d ✗ CA 60-day late19 months discovery → filing
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-100573
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Jul 26, 2017
- Raw hash
- a8a2caa09a885c1b995d30759ae15b10e502334c880f99c60e636723195b7120
Reporting entity
- Name
- The Neiman Marcus Group LLCnorm: the neiman marcus
Victim entity
- Name
- The Neiman Marcus Group LLCnorm: the neiman marcus
Incident
- Discovered
- Jan 1, 2016
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Jul 26, 2017
- Affected individuals
- Not disclosed
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078 Valid AccountsT1110 Brute Force
- Threat actor
- External
- Initial access
- valid_credentials
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 19 months(572 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- CA 60-day late · 572d
- Discovery-date grounding
- letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status California Discovered: Jan 1, 2016→ Notified: Jul 26, 2017572d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.