AccidentalRetail & ConsumerRetailProgramming ErrorEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumResolved

Rite Aid Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 1, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Rite Aid Corporation →10 incidents on file

Rite Aid Corporation disclosed that due to a programming update on August 30, 2018, Rite Aid associates were inadvertently included in a standard eligibility file sent to Empower Retirement, a vendor for Walgreens. The exposed data included names, contact information, Social Security numbers, and benefits-related information. Rite Aid worked with Empower to confirm no misuse occurred and offered one year of identity monitoring services to affected associates.

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Incident timeline

Aug 30, 2018

Begins

Oct 1, 2018

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_fb36249c9b66403d2018-10-01Verified

Name: Rite Aid Corporation
norm: rite aid
Domain: riteaid.com

Name: Rite Aid Corporation
norm: rite aid
Domain: riteaid.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Aug 30, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 18, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
Third party: via Empower Retirement

During the incident: Working with Empower to confirm that the information was not misused
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to help prevent this type of issue in the future
Offering identity-monitoring services provided by Kroll for one year at no cost
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 1 · first

California State AGOct 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-140275
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Filed at: Oct 1, 2018
Raw hash: ae651ea9ac3e44c15895eaa93711e7558b0c4a491601a9e0176f2ce2e8ca4f18

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRite Aid Corporation

Victim entityRite Aid Corporation

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseWorking with Empower to confirm that the information was not misused

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov