MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedPCIFinancial accountLowContained

Forever 21, Inc.

bd_b5afdc19050013b9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 15, 2017

Filed

Jan 3, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Forever 21, Inc. reported a payment card security incident affecting U.S. stores. Malware was installed on POS devices between April 3, 2017, and November 18, 2017, when encryption was disabled. The malware collected track data from payment cards. Encryption has been addressed, and the company is cooperating with law enforcement and payment networks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 195 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

Apr 3, 2017

Begins

Oct 15, 2017

Discovered

Jan 3, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 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

Oregon State AGbd_30d34ebfc38771b32017-12-28 · +6dCandidate
Washington State AGbd_756c891ad9759ec02017-12-28 · +6dVerified
California State AGbd_84ca08f8d4d2f9432017-12-28 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_cc576cc5ff09fd0f2017-12-28 · +6dVerified

Name: Forever 21, Inc.
norm: forever 21
Domain: forever21.com

Name: Forever 21, Inc.
norm: forever 21
Domain: forever21.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 15, 2017
Breach occurred: Apr 3, 2017 – Nov 18, 2017
Undetected for: 195 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial account
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Hired leading payment technology and security firms to assist
Working with payment processors, POS device provider, and third-party experts to address the operation of encryption on the POS devices
Continuing to work with security firms to enhance its security measures
Working with the payment card networks so that the banks that issue payment cards can be made aware of this incident
Supporting law enforcement’s investigation of this incident
Changes made: Addressing the operation of encryption on the POS devices in all Forever 21 stores
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(80 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Oregon State AGDec 28 · first

Washington State AGDec 28 · first

California State AGDec 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 28 · first

South Carolina State AG+6d · this page

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.

Source URL: https://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2018/Forever21Inc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 3, 2018
Raw hash: 86b2cfbd5d255d2ca33639cd037be612ae4eca86d33704cc485afba20c414077

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityForever 21, Inc.

Victim entityForever 21, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 15, 2017

Stated responseHired leading payment technology and security firms to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov