HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Tween Brands, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 7, 2017

Filed

Nov 8, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

2,631state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Tween Brands, Inc. →

Tween Brands, Inc. notified South Carolina residents that on September 7, 2017, it discovered unauthorized access attempts to a web server. An unauthorized individual may have accessed a database containing associates' names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators, removed the server, and offered 12 months of identity protection services.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due9 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

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Sep 7, 2017

Discovered

Nov 8, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_0c7c4e17c082f7c72017-11-03 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_27de7d34c6a07a7b2017-11-03 · +5dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_5590b1b5d1a2d26a2017-11-03 · +5dCandidate
Washington State AGbd_634cff86f41633ea2017-11-03 · +5dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_b8ebda01353bd6dc2017-11-03 · +5dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c988cd0a52e5fe2c2017-11-03 · +5dVerified

Name: Tween Brands, Inc.
norm: tween brands

Name: Tween Brands, Inc.
norm: tween brands
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 7, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 3, 2017
Affected individuals: 2,631state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Removed the server from our network
Began an investigation with the assistance of a leading computer forensics firm
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 12 months at no cost to you
Changes made: Worked with security experts to develop enhanced security measures to resolve the issue and prevent similar occurrences
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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California State AGNov 3 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 3 · first

Oregon State AGNov 3 · first

Washington State AGNov 3 · first

Montana State AGNov 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 3 · first

South Carolina State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 3 (CA), last Nov 8 (SC) — a 5-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2017/TweenBrands.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 8, 2017
Raw hash: 682e6e904d6cbca43e7dac8692839a2e42f8ed985261e11fffeacd987048dbee

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTween Brands, Inc.

Victim entityTween Brands, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 7, 2017

Stated responseRemoved the server from our network

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov