AccidentalRetail & ConsumerRetailMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Petco Animal Supplies Stores

bd_136642af55e19dc6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 3, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Petco Animal Supplies Stores →6 incidents on file

Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. reported a data breach to the California Attorney General involving a misconfiguration in one of its software applications that inadvertently allowed certain files containing personal information to be accessible online. The issue was discovered through a routine security review on July 7, 2025. Petco immediately corrected the settings and removed the files. Affected individuals were offered complimentary credit and identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Jul 7, 2025

Begins

Dec 3, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_5686b24494d2a92f2025-12-03Verified
Indiana State AGbd_580cea81c65bc4092025-12-03Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_add39236d6171bdf2025-12-04 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_2d6982ffe39429a62025-12-05 · +2dVerified

Name: Petco Animal Supplies Stores
norm: petco animal supplies stores

Name: Petco Animal Supplies Stores
norm: petco animal supplies stores
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jul 7, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Misconfiguration

During the incident: Immediately took steps to correct the issue and to remove the files from further online access
Corrected the application’s settings after discovering the error
Offering a complimentary credit and identity monitoring membership through Epiq
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures and technical controls to enhance the security of our applications
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGDec 3 · first

Indiana State AGDec 3 · first

California State AGDec 3 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Texas State AG+2d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-615037
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 3, 2025
Raw hash: 047fda56576b0f4f8f69eb42ca8a2b919068dcd2bf301549730e816ff5da9f91

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPetco Animal Supplies Stores

Victim entityPetco Animal Supplies Stores

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseImmediately took steps to correct the issue and to remove the files from further online access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov