MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPCIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Herff Jones, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 7, 2021

Filed

Jun 18, 2021

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

17,316state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Herff Jones, Inc. →

Herff Jones, LLC notified the Washington AG of a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to payment card information. The breach affected approximately 17,316 Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred between August 16, 2020, and April 29, 2021. Herff Jones engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d10 weeks 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 · 234 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 72 days

Aug 16, 2020

Begins

Apr 7, 2021

Discovered

Jun 18, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Hawaii State AGbd_74f29caa55e603872021-06-18Verified
Maine State AGbd_c498cc7962b75b4e2021-06-17 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dd6104b2c45fb75f2021-06-17 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_2e90ae60839167cf2021-06-16 · +2dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 3d gap

Oregon State AGbd_c3551e4927f858b92021-06-16 · +2dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_2980367b7859f3392021-06-21 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_0f9c2217d66a36282021-06-15 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_29c004d8b0b0569a2021-06-15 · +3dCandidate
Delaware State AGbd_b365bf4fbdc559d82021-06-15 · +3dVerified

Name: MAYER BROWN LLP
norm: mayer brown

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

Discovered: Apr 7, 2021
Breach occurred: Aug 16, 2020 – Apr 29, 2021
Undetected for: 234 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 15, 2021
Affected individuals: 17,316state-resident count only
Data types: PCIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 200-299dexposure 200-299d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General

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 its customers
Offering one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Established a new payment process in partnership with PayPal
Offering customers a free hotline ([REDACTED-PHONE]) for any questions concerning this incident
Secured an identity monitoring service at no cost to you for one year
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(72 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 · 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

Hawaii State AG+3d

Washington State AG+3d · this page

South Carolina State AG+6d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10485.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 18, 2021
Raw hash: 703e5123f5179b931f24ab007c38855e2cbdd593ffaaa4805b8896944c8ebc1c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMAYER BROWN LLP

Victim entityHerff Jones, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 7, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com