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Chili's Grill & Bar

bd_42ce812ef97bb746 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 11, 2018

Filed

May 18, 2018

To disclose

7 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Chili's Grill & Bar

Brinker International (Chili's) issued a supplemental notice regarding a data incident at certain restaurants between March and April 2018. Malware was used to compromise payment card information, including card numbers, names, and potentially CVVs. The incident was discovered on May 11, 2018. Forensic experts were engaged, law enforcement notified, and credit monitoring services offered to affected guests. The total number of affected individuals was unknown.

Incident timeline

undetected · 71 days
discovery → filing · 7 days

Mar 1, 2018

Begins

May 11, 2018

Discovered

May 18, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Delaware State AGMay 18 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing May 18 (DE), last May 23 (OR) — a 5-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.