HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 19, 2021

Filed

Apr 20, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,3861 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for LIFETIME BRANDS, INC. →

On February 9, 2021, Lifetime Brands, Inc. experienced an external system breach, discovered on March 19, 2021. The breach affected 1,386 individuals, including one Maine resident, and compromised financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their associated security codes or PINs. The company offered a complimentary 12-month membership to Experian's three-bureau credit monitoring service.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 19, 2021 → Filed with AG Apr 20, 202132d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 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 · 38 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Feb 9, 2021

Begins

Mar 19, 2021

Discovered

Apr 20, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_dc69675cf14fbaaf2021-04-20Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_9566bec8e283b7232021-04-16 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d942bf7b80b351b22021-04-26 · +6dVerified

Name: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.
norm: lifetime brands

Name: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.
norm: lifetime brands
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 19, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 9, 2021
Undetected for: 38 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 16, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,386state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

Changes made: Complimentary 12 month membership to Experian three bureau credit monitoring.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 32d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Mar 19, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Apr 20, 2021
32d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 19, 2021 → Filed with AG: Apr 20, 2021	32d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGApr 16 · first

Maine State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Apr 16 (IN), last Apr 26 (NH) — a 10-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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/9bdc928f-5a68-473c-8808-56ec04b69820.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 20, 2021
Raw hash: 1497f1a3664e8e93ec740cbf142868c8db75277020603026bbfe93d203b5a3f1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLIFETIME BRANDS, INC.

Victim entityLIFETIME BRANDS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 19, 2021

Stated responseComplimentary 12 month membership to Experian three bureau credit monitoring.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov