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PhysicalRetail & ConsumerRetailTheftEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

The Finish Line, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 11, 2013

Filed

Mar 26, 2013

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for The Finish Line, Inc. →

The Finish Line, Inc. reported the theft of an employee's laptop on January 11, 2013. The unencrypted laptop contained files with employees' Social Security numbers, names, and other employment-related information. The company engaged forensic investigators and legal counsel, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of identity monitoring services to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Jan 11, 2013

Begins

Jan 11, 2013

Discovered

Mar 26, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

The Finish Line, Inc. — State AG breach notification · DisclosureLens