HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

bd_17dc0a4c42f5f4e0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 6, 2023

Filed

Apr 30, 2024

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC. →

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) notified six New Hampshire residents of unauthorized access to its network between October 6 and October 7, 2023. AWG became aware of the incident on October 6, 2023, when systems became inaccessible. An investigation determined that certain files and folders were viewed or taken without authorization. AWG engaged cyber incident response specialists, notified federal law enforcement, and is providing credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Equifax to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d30 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 207 days

Oct 6, 2023

Begins

Oct 6, 2023

Discovered

Apr 30, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_01b54a2df69204902023-10-19 · +193dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0942c8b7ce9acb532024-04-30Verified
Maine State AGbd_3045a98ce8eb8b192024-04-30Candidate
Montana State AGbd_93bb9c284c7ec4972024-04-30Verified
Indiana State AGbd_a2ab01a1c79aa42f2024-04-29 · +1dVerified

Name: ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
norm: associated wholesale grocers
Domain: awginc.com

Name: ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
norm: associated wholesale grocers
Domain: awginc.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 6, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 6, 2023 – Oct 7, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 29, 2024
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProviding written notice to relevant state regulators

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of cyber incident response specialists
Restored functionality to the impacted systems
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Providing access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services for affected individuals through Equifax
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Reviewing policies, procedures and processes to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(207 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGApr 29 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/associated-wholesale-grocers-20240430.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 30, 2024
Raw hash: a736ecf2013ae437b8610634f2251c80a7a906728572d2dc5ab4a4697c07bf57

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

Victim entityASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 6, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of cyber incident response specialists

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov