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JAKKS Pacific, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Dec 20, 2022

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for JAKKS Pacific, Inc.4 incidents on file

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Hive on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: Consumer ServicesDiscovered: 2022-12-20

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. is a multi-brand company that, since 1995, has been designing, developing, producing and marketing toys, leisure products and writing instruments for children and adults around the world. The company has become a top six U.S. player in the toys and leisure products sector through product development, licensing agreements and strategic acquisitions. We believe our growth strategy is unique and built upon a concentrated effort to spread earnings across all four quarters. We have accomplished that by expanding and 'counter-seasonalizing' our product lines, adding new retail outlets and leveraging our product development and merchandising expertise on products with staying power. About JAKKS Pacific, Inc. JAKKS Pacific, Inc. is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of toys and consumer products sold throughout the world, with its headquarters in Santa Monica, California. JAKKS Pacific’s popular proprietary brands include: Fly Wheels®, Perfectly Cute®, ReDo Skateboard Co.®, X Power Dozer®, Disguise®, Weee-DoTM and a wide range of entertainment-inspired products featuring premier licensed properties. Through JAKKS Cares, the company’s commitment to philanthropy, JAKKS is helping to make a positive impact on the lives of children. Visit us at www.jakks.com and follow us on Instagram (@jakkstoys), Twitter (@jakkstoys) and Facebook (JAKKS Pacific).

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Dec 20, 2022

Claim posted

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGDec 20 · first
Leak SiteDec 20 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 20 (CA), last May 17 (MA) — a 148-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2021-08-14

hive

According to ransomware.live, Hive is a strain of ransomware that was first discovered in June 2021. Hive was designed to be used by Ransomware-as-a-service providers, to enable novice cyber-criminals to launch ransomware attacks on healthcare providers, energy providers, charities, and retailers across the globe. In 2022 there was a switch from GoLang to Rust.

208 victims claimed globally208 tracked hereFull profile →

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. data breach claim (2022) — unverified leak-site allegation · DisclosureLens