HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Sears Hometown Stores, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 27, 2021

Filed

Aug 24, 2021

To disclose

28 days

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Sears Hometown Stores, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Sears Hometown Stores, Inc. notified employees that Transformco, a third-party HR vendor, experienced unauthorized access to employee data between June 3-15, 2021. Data included SSNs, financial account numbers, and healthcare insurance info. Notification sent November 18, 2021. Identity monitoring services offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 54 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Jun 3, 2021

Begins

Jul 27, 2021

Discovered

Aug 24, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_d730ef31d984b2e22021-08-27 · +3dVerified

Name: Sears Hometown Stores, Inc.
norm: sears hometown stores

Name: Sears Hometown Stores, Inc.
norm: sears hometown stores
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jul 27, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 3, 2021 – Jun 15, 2021
Undetected for: 54 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 18, 2021
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Transformco
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Secured the systems involved
Commenced an investigation
Offering complimentary one-year membership to Kroll’s identity monitoring services
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures to enhance the security of the network
Continuing to provide training to employees concerning phishing threats
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGAug 24 · first · this page

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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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/notificationLetter-89.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 24, 2021
Raw hash: d996d489e1244b90b14930f38d2bab71728b3a9ca7e458883a28d88c789dd252

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySears Hometown Stores, Inc.

Victim entitySears Hometown Stores, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 27, 2021

Stated responseSecured the systems involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov