HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedPIIEmploymentLowContained

CITI TRENDS, INC.

bd_60c21c5c5225ddd6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 14, 2023

Filed

Jun 23, 2023

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for CITI TRENDS, INC. →3 incidents on file

Citi Trends, Inc. notified Montana residents of a security incident occurring on January 14, 2023, where a third party accessed its IT network. The breach potentially exposed employee and prospective employee PII, including names and employment data. Citi Trends engaged forensic experts, reset credentials, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 160 days

Jan 14, 2023

Begins

Jan 14, 2023

Discovered

Jun 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_fa877ef62e48ea9d2023-06-23Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_f117ecebcd4dd6f92023-06-28 · +5dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_7ce8163a4aec4fa22023-07-27 · +34dVerified by operator

Name: CITI TRENDS, INC.
norm: citi trends
Domain: cititrends.com

Name: CITI TRENDS, INC.
norm: citi trends
Domain: cititrends.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 14, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 14, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 21, 2023
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIEmployment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Changed passwords and blocking the unauthorized access
Outside technical experts were also engaged to enhance the security of our systems
Offering you ## months of free credit monitoring and $1 million in identity theft insurance through Experian
Changes made: Enhance the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(160 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 · 4 states

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Maine State AGJun 23 · first

Montana State AGJun 23 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

South Carolina State AG+34d

Pattern: first filing Jun 23 (ME), last Jul 27 (SC) — a 34-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/Consumer-notification-letter-362.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 23, 2023
Raw hash: e1e5d0c1c826a4c1d5d78d3a319ce57af88a57fd7ac32a540175315badbb8858

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCITI TRENDS, INC.

Victim entityCITI TRENDS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 14, 2023

Stated responseChanged passwords and blocking the unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov