HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailBrute ForceStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC.

bd_63128c1635fbf139 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 8, 2020

Filed

Aug 28, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC. →2 incidents on file

Blackhawk Network notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to GiftCards.com accounts via credential guessing (brute force) starting August 8, 2020. Access was limited to basic account info and transaction history. Passwords were reset for affected users.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 days

Aug 8, 2020

Discovered

Aug 28, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_db7ea79341e0a9ae2020-08-28Verified

Name: BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC.
norm: blackhawk network

Name: BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC.
norm: blackhawk network
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 8, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1110 Brute ForceT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Reset the password on your account
Changes made: Recommend using a long and complex password
Use a different password for every site
Consider using password manager software
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGAug 28 · first

Montana State AGAug 28 · first · this page

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/Breach-NotificationDetails-200.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 28, 2020
Raw hash: cc14eb7d5b21dad56bf2206e63ebf6284882e99396353c1caf50d071314f16cd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC.

Victim entityBLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 8, 2020

Stated responseReset the password on your account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov