HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

WALMART INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 25, 2024

Filed

Feb 23, 2024

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

2041 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for WALMART INC. →15 incidents on file

Walmart Inc. identified a data breach resulting from an external system hack. The incident, which occurred between December 2023 and February 2024, compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 204 individuals. Walmart notified the affected parties in February 2024 and offered two years of identity theft and fraud monitoring services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 25, 2024 → Filed with AG Feb 23, 202429d ✓ ME AG ≤30d29 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 53 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Dec 3, 2023

Begins

Jan 25, 2024

Discovered

Feb 23, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_bf07dc745457d22b2024-02-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_3cec884b1d7630452024-02-22 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_efc1bd8d7f8d478c2024-02-22 · +1dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_c77e9037a19b471a2024-02-26 · +3dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 42d gap

Indiana State AGbd_1a71b2f8f9275f872024-04-05 · +42dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_7e26bda4ba7b18832024-04-05 · +42dVerified

Name: WALMART INC.
norm: walmart
Domain: walmart.com

Name: WALMART INC.
norm: walmart
Domain: walmart.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 25, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 3, 2023 – Feb 5, 2024
Undetected for: 53 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 23, 2024
Affected individuals: 204state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered 24 months of identity theft and fraud monitoring services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 29d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 25, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Feb 23, 2024
29d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 25, 2024 → Filed with AG: Feb 23, 2024	29d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGFeb 22 · first

Montana State AGFeb 22 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Indiana State AG+43d

Massachusetts State AG+43d

Pattern: first filing Feb 22 (MA), last Apr 5 (MA) — a 43-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/e7f07443-d90b-4287-8ae8-30412d12b787.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 23, 2024
Raw hash: 3da6627d99f74efe6aa34567ef24d975e6971da85b42b968cf6bd693bb977c0a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWALMART INC.

Victim entityWALMART INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 25, 2024

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov