PhysicalRetail & ConsumerRetailTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Saks Fifth

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 15, 2008

Filed

Apr 30, 2008

To disclose

15 days

Affected

163state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Saks Fifth →4 incidents on file

Saks Inc. filed a supplemental notice with the NH AG regarding the theft of four laptops in mid-April 2008. Two laptops contained customer names, addresses, and credit card account numbers (163 NH residents). Forensics confirmed no SSNs or PINs were stored. Law enforcement recovered two laptops; no data access confirmed.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Apr 1, 2008

Begins

Apr 15, 2008

Discovered

Apr 30, 2008

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed163 affectedView incident

Name: Saks Fifth
norm: saks fifth
Domain: saksfifthavenue.com

Name: Saks Fifth
norm: saks fifth
Domain: saksfifthavenue.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 15, 2008
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2008 – Apr 30, 2008
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 163state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office

During the incident: Engaged an independent, certified forensics company to analyze the recovered laptops
Law enforcement recovered two of the four stolen laptops
Changes made: Drafted written notice of the breach to be sent to affected individuals
Provided individuals with a toll-free telephone number to reach Saks
Provided information about how individuals can protect themselves against identity theft and credit card fraud
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/saks-20080516.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 30, 2008
Raw hash: e1888030a0990e5479615ae2593273063ad33a7ff5f4b493e98bcbedd3483ef4

Reporting entitySaks Fifth

Victim entitySaks Fifth

Incidentdiscovered Apr 15, 2008

Stated responseEngaged an independent, certified forensics company to analyze the recovered laptops

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov