MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

French Connection Holdings Inc.

bd_54138dbec2182fc5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 16, 2021

Filed

Aug 9, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for French Connection Holdings Inc. →

French Connection Group Inc. notified Montana residents of a ransomware incident discovered on June 16, 2021. Unauthorized access compromised employee PII including names, DOBs, and SSNs. The company engaged security experts, legal counsel, and law enforcement.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

Jun 16, 2021

Discovered

Aug 9, 2021

Filed

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on median

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

Indiana State AGbd_8f2a48cc229c260d2021-08-10 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_950f93eec34b5fdb2021-08-11 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ccaeb79a5bf525002021-08-23 · +14dCandidate

Name: French Connection Holdings Inc.
norm: french connection

Name: French Connection Holdings Inc.
norm: french connection
Also named: French Connection Holdings Inc.operating subsidiary ofholding company
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 16, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Consulting with security experts
Consulting with legal counsel
Consulting with law enforcement
Changes made: Introduced measures to further enhance security on our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 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

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Montana State AGAug 9 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Aug 9 (MT), last Aug 23 (MA) — a 14-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/notificationLetter-65.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 9, 2021
Raw hash: 8b13ef7e17413933d71590030a285fdd151b678d91892ecd254e39ee9b379676

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFrench Connection Holdings Inc.

Victim entityFrench Connection Holdings Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 16, 2021

Stated responseConsulting with security experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov