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HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Sam's Club

bd_3342767f104cb53f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 10, 2020

Filed

Dec 18, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

68%
Full breach record for Sam's Club2 incidents on file

Sam's Club notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on December 18, 2020, regarding a data security incident discovered on November 10, 2020. An unauthorized party used stolen login credentials (email and password) obtained from external sources to access member accounts and conduct fraudulent transactions involving Sam's Club Cash Rewards. Approximately one New Hampshire resident was affected. Sam's Club reset passwords, issued new membership numbers, placed holds on Cash Rewards, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity protection services.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Nov 10, 2020

Discovered

Dec 18, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 28d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGNov 20 · first
New Hampshire State AG+28d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 20 (IN), last Dec 22 (NH) — a 32-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.