Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Five Guys Holdings, Inc.

bd_fb29d9533dde4853 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 20, 2023

Filed

Oct 27, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Five Guys Holdings, Inc. →5 incidents on file

Five Guys Enterprises, LLC notified individuals of a security incident involving unauthorized access to two employee email accounts between March and June 2023. The attacker likely obtained credentials via phishing. The investigation, completed on September 20, 2023, confirmed that some emails contained names and variable data elements. Affected individuals were offered one year of credit monitoring and identity protection services.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d5 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 · 184 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Mar 20, 2023

Begins

Sep 20, 2023

Discovered

Oct 27, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by alphv about this victim predates this filing by 265 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_0fc4fab3c6c561022023-10-27Verified
Maine State AGbd_1c74f539f3ee04992023-10-27Verified
Indiana State AGbd_3ecc3424d26740bb2023-10-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_8b68482512aeb4892023-10-27Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_e6fcaab7cee519e92023-10-27Verified

Name: Five Guys Holdings, Inc.
norm: five guys
Domain: fiveguys.com

Name: Five Guys Holdings, Inc.
norm: five guys
Domain: fiveguys.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 20, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 20, 2023 – Jun 7, 2023
Undetected for: 184 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 27, 2023
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implemented its incident response plan
Took steps to secure the accounts
Launched an investigation
Engaged a cybersecurity firm
Arranged for credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Enhanced its existing security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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California State AGOct 27 · first

Maine State AGOct 27 · first

Indiana State AGOct 27 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 27 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 27 · first

Montana State AGOct 27 · first · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-799.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 27, 2023
Raw hash: 433b255e38838807324ce1993e9b4958d1104df51a6e43218fb5051695e36db2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFive Guys Holdings, Inc.

Victim entityFive Guys Holdings, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 20, 2023

Stated responseImplemented its incident response plan

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov