MisuseRetail & ConsumerRetailPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountPIILowContained

Chico's FAS, Inc

bd_d09028d39b4828c2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 8, 2023

Filed

Oct 2, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Chico's FAS, Inc →

Chico's FAS, Inc. disclosed that a former call center contractor, employed from May 22 to August 10, 2023, inappropriately captured and used customer payment card information provided over the phone. The incident was discovered on August 8, 2023. The contractor was terminated, and the relationship with the staffing agency was ended. Security protocols with contractors are being enhanced. No SSN or driver's license data was involved.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 78 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

May 22, 2023

Begins

Aug 8, 2023

Discovered

Oct 2, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_209c7e8c5a06aa642023-10-02Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_3e1b66441e8fe6072023-10-02Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ecfb48f18baf1d712023-10-02Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f2668d6b66a15e292023-10-02Verified

Name: Chico's FAS, Inc
norm: chico s fas

Name: Chico's FAS, Inc
norm: chico s fas
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 8, 2023
Breach occurred: May 22, 2023 – Aug 10, 2023
Undetected for: 78 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 2, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Financial accountPII
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Terminated the individual
Terminated relationship with the third-party contractor
Enhancing security protocols with contractors
Changes made: Enhancing security protocols with contractors
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGOct 2 · first

Indiana State AGOct 2 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 2 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 2 · first

Vermont State AGOct 2 · first · this page

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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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-10-02-chicos-fas-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 2, 2023
Raw hash: b7d5b6827f014eca8dd07a76460fa5fe850324b93306697cbcb43f03b20feb4f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChico's FAS, Inc

Victim entityChico's FAS, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Aug 8, 2023

Stated responseTerminated the individual

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov