PhysicalRetail & ConsumerHealthcareRetailLossOpportunisticPIIIdentity (basic)BiometricMediumResolved

WALMART INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 10, 2019

Filed

Oct 17, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

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

Walmart Store #3404 in Roseville, MN lost a flash drive containing patient PII and biometric data (retina images) from its Vision Center on September 10, 2019. No theft or criminal behavior was indicated. Data included names, DOB, and retina images.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Sep 10, 2019

Discovered

Oct 17, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_261a1f35714f61f82019-10-17Verified

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

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

Discovered: Sep 10, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Biometric
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: Searched for the flash drive throughout the store and other relevant locations
Reviewing the facts and circumstances surrounding this matter
Evaluating whether additional safeguards can help prevent this type of incident from occurring in the future
Changes made: Evaluating whether additional safeguards can help prevent this type of incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
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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HHS OCROct 17 · first

Montana State AGOct 17 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-24.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 17, 2019
Raw hash: 5225fd983935d0c10e8f307cc41d89fdeebf4b6905a19b549e1503393bce027a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWALMART INC.

Victim entityWALMART INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 10, 2019

Stated responseSearched for the flash drive throughout the store and other relevant locations

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov