The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Forever 21 on August 29, 2023. The breach occurred between January 5, 2023, and March 21, 2023, due to an external hacking incident, affecting a total of 539,207 individuals, including 1,139 residents of Maine. The compromised information included Social Security numbers. Forever 21 is offering 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks identity theft protection services.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/forever-21
"id": "for612072625",
"linkid": "forever-21",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "1/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 539207,
'industry': 'Fashion',
'name': 'F21 OpCo LLC (d/b/a Forever 21)',
'type': 'Retail'}],
'attack_vector': 'External Hacking',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 539207,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2023-08-29',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-08-29',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving F21 OpCo LLC (d/b/a Forever 21) on August '
'29, 2023. The breach occurred between January 5, 2023, and '
'March 21, 2023, due to an external hacking incident, '
'affecting a total of 539,207 individuals, including 1,139 '
'residents of Maine, with compromised information including '
'Social Security numbers. Forever 21 is offering 12 months of '
'Experian IdentityWorks identity theft protection services.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': ['High']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-08-29',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['Experian IdentityWorks']},
'title': 'Data Breach at Forever 21',
'type': 'Data Breach'}