DisclosureLens
MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountPIILowContained

Forever 21, Inc.

bd_756c891ad9759ec0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 1, 2017

Filed

Dec 28, 2017

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

70%
Full breach record for Forever 21, Inc. →6 incidents on file

Forever 21, Inc. notified the Washington AG of a malware incident affecting POS devices in U.S. stores between April 3 and November 18, 2017. Malware captured payment card track data (card numbers, expiration dates) when encryption was disabled. No specific count of affected individuals was provided; substitute notification was issued on Dec 28, 2017.

Incident timeline

undetected · 181 days
discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 88 days

Apr 3, 2017

Begins

Oct 1, 2017

Discovered

Dec 28, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 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 · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Oregon State AGDec 28 · first
California State AGDec 28 · first
New Hampshire State AGDec 28 · first
Washington State AGDec 28 · first · this page
South Carolina State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 28 (OR), last Jan 3 (SC) — a 6-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.