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VF Corporation

vfc.com
CONFIRMED

VF Corporation (parent of Vans, The North Face, and Timberland) filed Form 8-K Item 1.05 following an ALPHV ransomware attack compromising 35.5 million customer records.

Observable Status CONFIRMED
Industry / Sector Retail & Consumer Goods
Incident Classification Ransomware Extortion & Encryption
Attributed Threat Actor ALPHV / BlackCat
Affected Population 35,500,000 records
First Seen 2023-12-13
Last Updated 2024-01-18
Customer Personal Information Order History Records Account Contact Details Order Records Account Details
OPEN WEIGHTS TELEMETRY • DETERMINISTIC CONFIDENCE

Confidence & Source Corroboration

98% CONFIDENCE
1. Primary Authority CONFIRMED BY REGULATOR Base weight: 65%
2. Evidence Specificity +23% Statutory Filing Verified
3. Corroboration Curve +7% 2 independent domains
4. Timeline & Staleness +3% 3 milestones logged
Corroborated Source Domains:
vfc.com sec.gov
STATUTORY REGULATORY DISCLOSURES

Official Regulatory Filings & Legal Compliance Records

1 Verified Statutory Filing
Regulatory Ground Truth Standard: The disclosures below represent formal statutory filings and enforcement records submitted to government regulatory authorities (SEC, State Attorneys General, HHS OCR, CISA). In accordance with repository principles, this data is captured exactly as filed by the reporting entity and is never modified, overridden, or synthesized by AI models.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Form 8-K Item 1.05 (Material Cybersecurity Incidents)

CONFIRMED BY REGULATOR
Docket / Accession ID 0000103379-23-000039
Statutory Filing Date 2023-12-15
Disclosed Impact 35,500,000 records
Evidence Standard Regulatory Ground Truth
Statutory Filing Details & Summary (Preserved As Filed):

Item 1.05 Material Cybersecurity Incident disclosure filed by V.F. Corporation reporting threat actor disruption of commercial operations, fulfillment systems, and exfiltration of personal consumer data.

View Official Regulatory Filing Document https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103379/000010337923000039/vfc-20231215.htm

Technical Forensic Briefing

Incident Overview

VF Corporation (parent of Vans, The North Face, and Timberland) filed Form 8-K Item 1.05 following an ALPHV ransomware attack compromising 35.5 million customer records.

Compromised Assets & Data Scope

  • Primary Data Classes: Customer Personal Information, Order History Records, Account Contact Details.
  • Disclosed Affected Population: Approximately 35,500,000 individuals or records.

Statutory Disclosures & Compliance

  • Statutory filing submitted to SEC (Form 8-K (Item 1.05)) under accession 0000103379-23-000039.

Milestone Timeline (3 events logged)

2023-12-13 19:00 UTC
CONFIRMED BY TARGET

Threat actor encrypts operational IT systems and exfiltrates corporate data from apparel conglomerate VF Corp.

2023-12-18 17:30 UTC
CONFIRMED BY REGULATOR

VF Corp files Form 8-K Item 1.05 disclosing material disruption to retail logistics and e-commerce order processing.

2024-01-18 18:00 UTC
CONFIRMED BY REGULATOR

Form 8-K Item 1.05 update confirms 35.5 million individual customer records compromised during the intrusion.

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