HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Wegmans Food Markets Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 11, 2021

Filed

Mar 31, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,7751 in this filing

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Wegmans Food Markets Inc. →

Wegmans Food Markets Inc. reported a credential-stuffing attack on January 28, 2021, discovered on February 11, 2021. The incident affected 2,775 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. Consumers received written notification on March 26, 2021, and were offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 11, 2021 → Filed with AG Mar 31, 202148d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 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 · 14 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Jan 28, 2021

Begins

Feb 11, 2021

Discovered

Mar 31, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,775 affectedView incident

Name: HARTER SECREST & EMERY LLP
norm: harter secrest emery

Name: Wegmans Food Markets Inc.
norm: wegmans food markets
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 11, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 28, 2021
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 26, 2021
Affected individuals: 2,775state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1110 Brute ForceT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered one-year credit monitoring and identity theft protection by Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 48d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 11, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Mar 31, 2021
48d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 11, 2021 → Filed with AG: Mar 31, 2021	48d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/0c91383d-a037-464a-9c6f-3b58d54a477b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 31, 2021
Raw hash: 5821e6d44705bfe15124af97f2174fce9de922c4e59e25893af94096721f3eb3

Reporting entityHARTER SECREST & EMERY LLP

Victim entityWegmans Food Markets Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 11, 2021

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov