HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountHighContained

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 16, 2018

Filed

Aug 24, 2018

To disclose

8 days

Affected

567,000

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen →2 incidents on file

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen notified the NH AG of a breach where unauthorized access occurred between Nov 3, 2017, and Jan 2, 2018. The incident potentially affected 567,000 payment card numbers across 23 states. Cheddar's was notified by law enforcement on Aug 16, 2018, engaged forensic investigators, and replaced the affected network. Identity protection services were offered to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 286 days

discovery → filing · 8 days

Nov 3, 2017

Begins

Aug 16, 2018

Discovered

Aug 24, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_4f996fc23fae99ef2018-08-23 · +1dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_f2728b56e66f0bad2018-08-23 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_bf44ec2af98916752018-08-22 · +2dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_fd0b017b0faa47282018-08-28 · +4dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_4124c4909d33b7c12018-08-16 · +8dCandidate

Name: Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
norm: cheddar s scratch kitchen

Name: Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
norm: cheddar s scratch kitchen
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 16, 2018
Breach occurred: Nov 3, 2017 – Jan 2, 2018
Undetected for: 286 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 22, 2018
Affected individuals: 567,000nationwide
Data types: Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified by law enforcement officials

During the incident: Engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate the incident
Took steps to confirm the security of its current systems and network
Permanently disabled and replaced the affected network
Provided notice to consumers via a posting on its website and by issuing a press release
Arranged to have ID Experts provide identity protection services at no cost
Changes made: Reviewing and updating its security practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 days(8 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGAug 16 · first

Washington State AG+6d

Oregon State AG+7d

California State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

South Carolina State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing Aug 16 (MT), last Aug 28 (SC) — a 12-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/cheddars-scratch-kitchen-20180824.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 24, 2018
Raw hash: 3c3c5de4788dda45736c6e7cfe1f5c86b26438a6778afde54254ba8e50573bd3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCheddar's Scratch Kitchen

Victim entityCheddar's Scratch Kitchen

Incidentdiscovered Aug 16, 2018

Stated responseEngaged a third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov