HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Francesca's Acquisition, LLC

bd_db3340a463b185c1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 31, 2023

Filed

Sep 26, 2023

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

1,161state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Francesca's Acquisition, LLC →

Francesca’s Acquisition LLC notified South Carolina regulators of a data breach discovered on January 31, 2023, involving a network disruption. The incident impacted customer names and potentially other data elements. The company engaged forensic investigators, implemented technical safeguards, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring. No evidence of fraudulent misuse was found.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due34 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 · 30 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 238 days

Jan 1, 2023

Begins

Jan 31, 2023

Discovered

Sep 26, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_799e853f809267fd2023-09-26Verified
Maine State AGbd_200c243333239c202023-09-25 · +1dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_22858389bdbdb2bd2023-09-25 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_723d481b8bee5beb2023-09-25 · +1dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_7d7745dc9785e0482023-09-25 · +1dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_92b435079e5e007c2023-09-25 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_a53d9dc745012e3a2023-09-25 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_e88f10465d70bfb82023-09-25 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_f0c86345edca80fc2023-09-25 · +1dVerified by operator

Name: Francesca's Acquisition, LLC
norm: francesca s acquisition

Name: Francesca's Acquisition, LLC
norm: francesca s acquisition
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 31, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2023 – Jan 31, 2023
Undetected for: 30 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,161state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Engaged a third-party team of forensic investigators
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Arranged for complimentary identity monitoring for 12 months through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(238 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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 · 10 filings · 10 states

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Maine State AGSep 25 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 25 · first

Vermont State AGSep 25 · first

Montana State AGSep 25 · first

Indiana State AGSep 25 · first

Oregon State AGSep 25 · first

California State AGSep 25 · first

Washington State AGSep 25 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+1d · this page

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/FrancescassAcquisitionLLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 26, 2023
Raw hash: 14b6ecaa5abfc39c33c1b32eb1ed7036ab0a987a15978c3dc34fcff4a4110465

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFrancesca's Acquisition, LLC

Victim entityFrancesca's Acquisition, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 31, 2023

Stated responseEngaged a third-party team of forensic investigators

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov