HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

GIANT EAGLE, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 24, 2014

Filed

Jun 13, 2014

To disclose

20 days

Affected

14state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for GIANT EAGLE, INC. →

Giant Eagle, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a potential unauthorized access to its internal MyHRConnection employee portal. An employee reported the issue on May 24, 2014. The vulnerability allowed logged-in users to view names and SSNs of other employees. No evidence of actual viewing was found. 14 NH residents were notified on June 13, 2014, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 days

May 24, 2014

Discovered

Jun 13, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5f4cf8a0f900a73a2014-06-19 · +6dVerified

Name: GIANT EAGLE, INC.
norm: giant eagle

Name: GIANT EAGLE, INC.
norm: giant eagle
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 24, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 13, 2014
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Michael A. Delaney
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disabled the problematic functionality
Providing written notice to affected residents
Offering a complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Providing dedicated call center support
Advising individuals about the process for placing a fraud alert on their credit files and obtaining a free credit report
Changes made: Disabled the problematic functionality within the MyHRConnection Team Member portal
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 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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New Hampshire State AGJun 13 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Jun 13 (NH), last Jun 19 (MA) — a 6-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/giant-eagle-20140613.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 13, 2014
Raw hash: 1442334dbd453138c427181870723f08935ddb32dfa33f05352357201d9adc0d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGIANT EAGLE, INC.

Victim entityGIANT EAGLE, INC.

Incidentdiscovered May 24, 2014

Stated responseDisabled the problematic functionality

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov