DisclosureLens
Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Five Guys Holdings, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 6, 2018

Filed

Dec 3, 2018

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for Five Guys Holdings, Inc.5 incidents on file

Five Guys Holdings, Inc. filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire Attorney General regarding a phishing incident that compromised an employee's email account. The incident, initially discovered on August 6, 2018, resulted in unauthorized access to personal information of approximately 3 New Hampshire residents. Five Guys engaged forensic investigators, secured the account, and offered credit monitoring services.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 119 days

Aug 6, 2018

Discovered

Dec 3, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGNov 2 · first
Montana State AGNov 2 · first
New Hampshire State AG+31d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 2 (CA), last Dec 3 (NH) — a 31-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.