HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Francesca's Acquisition, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 31, 2023

Filed

Sep 25, 2023

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Francesca's Acquisition, LLC →

Francesca's Acquisition, LLC notified consumers of a data breach discovered on January 31, 2023. The incident involved unauthorized access to personal information including names and government identifiers. The company engaged forensic investigators, implemented technical safeguards, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring. No evidence of fraudulent misuse was found.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday34 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 30 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 237 days

Jan 1, 2023

Begins

Jan 31, 2023

Discovered

Sep 25, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_200c243333239c202023-09-25Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_22858389bdbdb2bd2023-09-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_7d7745dc9785e0482023-09-25Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_92b435079e5e007c2023-09-25Verified

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Oregon State AGbd_a53d9dc745012e3a2023-09-25Verified
California State AGbd_e88f10465d70bfb82023-09-25Verified
Washington State AGbd_f0c86345edca80fc2023-09-25Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_799e853f809267fd2023-09-26 · +1dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_db3340a463b185c12023-09-26 · +1dVerified

Name: Francesca's Acquisition, LLC
norm: francesca s acquisition

Name: Francesca's Acquisition, LLC
norm: francesca s acquisition
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 31, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2023 – Jan 31, 2023
Undetected for: 30 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 25, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Engaged a third-party team of forensic investigators
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Arranged for complimentary identity monitoring for 12 months through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(237 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Maine State AGSep 25 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 25 · first

Montana State AGSep 25 · first

Indiana State AGSep 25 · first

Oregon State AGSep 25 · first

California State AGSep 25 · first

Washington State AGSep 25 · first

Vermont State AGSep 25 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+1d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-09-25-francescas-acquisition-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 25, 2023
Raw hash: ae7435403a278dfe6e4259e40ced534f323421546d85961468e6c82df41fffd2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFrancesca's Acquisition, LLC

Victim entityFrancesca's Acquisition, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 31, 2023

Stated responseEngaged a third-party team of forensic investigators

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov