American Freight controversies
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2021
American Freight discloses email intrusion incident
Issue disclosure
American Freight announced an email intrusion involving a small number of employee email accounts. Its investigation found that an unauthorized person accessed the accounts at various times from November 24 to December 9, 2020; the investigation did not determine whether the person viewed their contents. The company said some emails or attachments contained personal information.
Company response
Investigation — American Freight
American Freight conducted an investigation involving unauthorized access to a small number of employees' email accounts.
Remediation — American Freight
To help prevent something like this from happening in the future, American Freight is instituting additional security measures and re-educating its staff for awareness on these types of incidents.
Apology — American Freight
American Freight sincerely regrets that this incident occurred and apologizes for any inconvenience or concern.
Source excerpt
American Freight searched the contents of the accounts to identify documents containing personal information that may have been viewed or acquired and on June 11, 2021, they determined that certain emails or attachments contained certain information, including names accompanied by Social Security numbers, financial/checking account numbers, payment card numbers, driver's license numbers, and limited medical/health information.
The investigation determined that an unauthorized person had access to the contents of the accounts at various times between November 24, 2020, and December 9, 2020.
DELAWARE, OHIO, August 20, 2021 - American Freight, LLC and its related subsidiaries and affiliates, including American Freight Outlet Stores, LLC ("American Freight") announced today an email intrusion incident that involved a small number of email accounts in its computer environment.