HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPCIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.

bd_bea77865b60bf1fe · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 10, 2014

Filed

Aug 4, 2014

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc. →2 incidents on file

P.F. Chang's China Bistro reported a security compromise involving credit and debit card data at 33 restaurant locations in the continental US. The US Secret Service alerted the company on June 10, 2014, to data reportedly stolen on October 19, 2013. The incident has been contained. Affected data includes card numbers, and in some cases cardholder names and expiration dates. Identity protection services were offered to affected guests.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 10, 2014 → Notified Aug 4, 201455d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 234 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

Oct 19, 2013

Begins

Jun 10, 2014

Discovered

Aug 4, 2014

Filed

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on median

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

Name: P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.
norm: pf chang s china bistro

Name: P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.
norm: pf chang s china bistro
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 10, 2014
Breach occurred: Oct 19, 2013
Undetected for: 234 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 4, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Alerted by United States Secret Service

During the incident: Alerted by United States Secret Service
Initiated investigation with third-party forensics experts
Contained the security compromise
Established a confidential hotline to answer questions
Provided identity protection services for potentially affected guests
Changes made: Processing credit and debit card data securely since June 11, 2014
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 55d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 10, 2014
→ Notified: Aug 4, 2014
55d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 10, 2014 → Notified: Aug 4, 2014	55d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-46115
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 4, 2014
Raw hash: 9e8c8350e1953aa34749dbcfddd152f94a5701c24aad830799c96bfb4775ce52

Reporting entityP.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.

Victim entityP.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 10, 2014

Stated responseAlerted by United States Secret Service

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov