HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Golden Corral Corporation

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 15, 2023

Filed

Feb 16, 2024

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Golden Corral Corporation →

Golden Corral Corporation notified California residents of a data security incident where an unauthorized actor accessed systems between August 11 and August 15, 2023. The company discovered the incident on August 15, 2023. Affected data may include names and other personal information. The company engaged law enforcement, restored systems, and is offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 15, 2023 → Notified Feb 16, 2024185d ✗ CA 60-day late26 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 185 days

Aug 11, 2023

Begins

Aug 15, 2023

Discovered

Feb 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3e794315909ae8842024-02-16Verified
Maine State AGbd_3eec14e76002575f2024-02-16Candidate
Montana State AGbd_89d0f384c20b79972024-02-16Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f0396c6e1b98aeeb2024-02-16Verified

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South Carolina State AGbd_5aef9eef4ddc8e432024-02-20 · +4dVerified

Name: Golden Corral Corporation
norm: golden corral

Name: Golden Corral Corporation
norm: golden corral
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 15, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 11, 2023 – Aug 15, 2023
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 16, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Correspondence with federal law enforcement authorities

During the incident: Launched an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of the incident
Restored impacted computer systems to operability
Conducted a thorough review of the data that was potentially viewed or acquired
Prompt and continued correspondence with federal law enforcement authorities
Reviewed existing policies and procedures relating to data protection and security
Changes made: Providing 24 months of complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(185 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 185d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Aug 15, 2023
→ Notified: Feb 16, 2024
185d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 15, 2023 → Notified: Feb 16, 2024	185d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 16 · first

Maine State AGFeb 16 · first

Montana State AGFeb 16 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 16 · first

California State AGFeb 16 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+4d

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/sb24-581167
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2024
Raw hash: 3794acf51c5766c3e4b8d75ff1369fb1190492c47818fd32dd3b859d1a18cdc7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGolden Corral Corporation

Victim entityGolden Corral Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Aug 15, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of the incident

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov