HackingRetailIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumResolved

FatFace

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 17, 2021

Filed

Apr 27, 2021

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for FatFace →

FatFace Limited notified former employees of a security incident where an unauthorized third party gained access to IT systems between January 1 and January 17, 2021. The breach exposed employment-related data including names, Social Security numbers, and bank details. FatFace contained the incident, engaged security specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring via Experian. The incident is now resolved.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 16 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 100 days

Jan 1, 2021

Begins

Jan 17, 2021

Discovered

Apr 27, 2021

Filed

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

Name: FatFace
norm: fatface

Name: FatFace
norm: fatface

Discovered: Jan 17, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2021 – Jan 17, 2021
Undetected for: 16 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 27, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement authorities of this incident
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of experienced security specialists
FatFace quickly contained the incident
Started the process of reviewing and categorizing the data potentially involved
Notified law enforcement authorities of this incident
Taken various additional steps to further strengthen the security of our systems
Changes made: Offering you one year of Experian credit and web monitoring services at no cost to you
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership in Experian® IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(100 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/fat-face-20210427.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 27, 2021
Raw hash: 3bafa77233816485014841d68b4994133efd7ebdf25aec7c62d6d4f7d7fb69e4

Reporting entityFatFace

Victim entityFatFace

Incidentdiscovered Jan 17, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of experienced security specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov