HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumActive

American Apparel, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 20, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

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American Apparel, Inc. notified employees that their personal information may have been accessed in a cyber-attack on Anthem, Inc., their health insurer. The breach occurred on December 10, 2014. Affected data potentially includes names, dates of birth, member ID/social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and employment information. The investigation was ongoing at the time of notification.

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Incident timeline

Dec 10, 2014

Begins

Feb 20, 2015

Filed

Part of ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC. supply-chain incident (2015) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: American Apparel, Inc.
norm: american apparel

Name: American Apparel, Inc.
norm: american apparel
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Dec 10, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 19, 2015
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Anthem, Inc.

During the incident: Notified employees via internal memo
Provided information on Anthem's dedicated website and toll-free number
Advised employees to be aware of scams involving emails or telephone calls purporting to be from Anthem
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-48484
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 20, 2015
Raw hash: 1e133b2f33d3594eedda5a95ef0729880f38b15c13a0badcc3c45da1a739029a

Reporting entityAmerican Apparel, Inc.

Victim entityAmerican Apparel, Inc.

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseNotified employees via internal memo

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov