AccidentalRetail & ConsumerRetailProgramming ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedCredentialsLowResolved

W.W. GRAINGER, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 27, 2015

Filed

Nov 18, 2015

To disclose

22 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for W.W. GRAINGER, INC. →3 incidents on file

W.W. Grainger, Inc. identified a coding error in its mobile apps that resulted in the unsecured storage of usernames and passwords. The issue was discovered on October 27, 2015, and immediately fixed. No payment card or other personal information was affected. Passwords were reset as a precaution.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 days

Oct 27, 2015

Discovered

Nov 18, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
norm: ww grainger
Domain: grainger.com

Name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
norm: ww grainger
Domain: grainger.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 27, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Credentials
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Immediately fixed the coding error
Work with outside experts to further strengthen coding review protocols
Implemented a reset for your password to the Grainger.com system
Changes made: Work with outside experts to further strengthen coding review protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/sb24-58923
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 18, 2015
Raw hash: 3d3fcebb2fa3aa617d84bad586ccfffbc8872a0ece14ca6397c58429713238f7

Reporting entityW.W. GRAINGER, INC.

Victim entityW.W. GRAINGER, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 27, 2015

Stated responseImmediately fixed the coding error

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov