HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Forever 21, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 20, 2023

Filed

Aug 30, 2023

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Forever 21, Inc. →5 incidents on file

Forever 21 notified South Carolina residents of a cyber incident where an unauthorized third party accessed systems between Jan 5 and Mar 21, 2023. The breach exposed names, SSNs, DOBs, bank account numbers, and health plan data. Forever 21 engaged cybersecurity firms, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 74 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 163 days

Jan 5, 2023

Begins

Mar 20, 2023

Discovered

Aug 30, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Name: Forever 21, Inc.
norm: forever 21

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

Discovered: Mar 20, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 5, 2023 – Mar 21, 2023
Undetected for: 74 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 29, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement and continued to support their investigation

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged leading cybersecurity firms to assist
Notified law enforcement
Took steps to help assure that the unauthorized third party no longer has access to the data
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance the security of its systems and data
Offering a complimentary 12-month membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(163 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/Forever21.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 30, 2023
Raw hash: 5966be65dbab4c228c0e52212a9891c16a4371e24b74f82f20c2cec7d89fac72

Reporting entityForever 21, Inc.

Victim entityForever 21, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 20, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov