DisclosureLens
HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowActive

Gloria Jean's Coffees

bd_bf1f619e331d2202 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 10, 2008

Filed

Sep 17, 2008

To disclose

7 days

Affected · nationwide

51119 in this filing

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Gloria Jean's Coffees

Gloria Jean's Coffee experienced a data breach affecting its e-commerce site hosted by Smith Micro, Inc. Between September 4 and September 10, 2008, an unauthorized individual modified checkout web pages to capture and exfiltrate customer transaction information, including names, addresses, and credit card numbers. The intrusion was identified on September 10, 2008. A total of 511 customers were affected nationwide, including 19 residents of New Hampshire. The company took the website offline, removed malicious code, disabled the attacker's IP, and reported the incident to the US Secret Service. No fraudulent transactions were confirmed at the time of notification.

Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days
discovery → filing · 7 days

Sep 4, 2008

Begins

Sep 10, 2008

Discovered

Sep 17, 2008

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed511 affectedView incident

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.