HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 29, 2023

Filed

Apr 1, 2024

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION →

Ace Hardware Corporation notified Vermont consumers of a data breach occurring October 27-29, 2023. Unauthorized actors accessed corporate network data including names and other personal identifiers. No evidence of misuse was found. Ace engaged forensic specialists and law enforcement, implemented technical safeguards, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday22 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 · 2 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 155 days

Oct 27, 2023

Begins

Oct 29, 2023

Discovered

Apr 1, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_7c78088a02e5030c2024-04-01Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_81142c7264dd1e842024-04-01Verified
California State AGbd_87a490160af062c62024-04-01Verified
Maine State AGbd_9b3e5f42ce97e6042024-04-01Verified by operator

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Washington State AGbd_be41d37097e367df2024-04-01Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_cf8415c312a4875b2024-04-01Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e5f455891589f4862024-04-01Verified

Name: ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION
norm: ace hardware

Name: ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION
norm: ace hardware
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 29, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 29, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Apr 1, 2024
Notification sent: Apr 1, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Worked closely with law enforcement who is conducting an active investigation into the unauthorized actor responsible for this incident
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party specialists to determine the nature, scope and impact of the incident
Worked closely with law enforcement who is conducting an active investigation
Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information
Offering complimentary 12-month membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information in our possession and to help prevent similar events from happening in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(155 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Montana State AGApr 1 · first

Indiana State AGApr 1 · first

California State AGApr 1 · first

Maine State AGApr 1 · first

Washington State AGApr 1 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 1 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 1 · first

Vermont State AGApr 1 · first · this page

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-04-01-ace-hardware-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 1, 2024
Raw hash: b45369f5b2986e99bb557e3ac008d2579f91c85a53764f5161778a7e73997513

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

Victim entityACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Oct 29, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party specialists to determine the nature, scope and impact of the incident

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov