HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPCIFinancial accountLowContained

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 16, 2018

Filed

Aug 16, 2018

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen →2 incidents on file

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, owned by Darden Restaurants, disclosed unauthorized access to its network between Nov 2017 and Jan 2018. The incident compromised payment card information for customers in 23 states. The company engaged forensic investigators and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 286 days

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Nov 3, 2017

Begins

Aug 16, 2018

Discovered

Aug 16, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_bf44ec2af98916752018-08-22 · +6dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_4f996fc23fae99ef2018-08-23 · +7dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_f2728b56e66f0bad2018-08-23 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0c8c7dd41ed820792018-08-24 · +8dVerified

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 12d gap

South Carolina State AGbd_fd0b017b0faa47282018-08-28 · +12dVerified

Name: Darden Restaurants
norm: darden restaurants

Name: Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
norm: cheddar s scratch kitchen
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 16, 2018
Breach occurred: Nov 3, 2017 – Jan 2, 2018
Undetected for: 286 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 22, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate
Arranged to have ID Experts provide identity protection services at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(0 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGAug 16 · first · this page

Washington State AG+6d

Oregon State AG+7d

California State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+8d

South Carolina State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing Aug 16 (MT), last Aug 28 (SC) — a 12-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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Cheddars-Scratch-Kitchen.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 16, 2018
Raw hash: a02642c25be9cf82b37e119ac655599bdda614ed9df079e2ce1850286d0293fd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDarden Restaurants

Victim entityCheddar's Scratch Kitchen

Incidentdiscovered Aug 16, 2018

Stated responseEngaged a third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov