Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 30, 2020

Filed

Oct 29, 2020

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

5,44019 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC. →6 incidents on file

Chipotle Mexican Grill reported a phishing incident occurring Jan 19-21, 2020, discovered Sep 30, 2020. 5,440 individuals affected nationwide, including 19 Maine residents. Data exposed: names and Social Security Numbers. Notification sent Oct 29, 2020; credit monitoring offered via Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 30, 2020 → Filed with AG Oct 29, 202029d ✓ ME AG ≤30d29 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 255 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Jan 19, 2020

Begins

Sep 30, 2020

Discovered

Oct 29, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_3cdbb8d2fa676db92020-10-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_571dddc7897f3bfb2020-10-29Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9dea3cac1f7660612020-10-30 · +1dVerified

Name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.
norm: chipotle mexican grill

Name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.
norm: chipotle mexican grill
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 30, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 19, 2020 – Jan 21, 2020
Undetected for: 255 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 29, 2020
Affected individuals: 5,440state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 29d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 30, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Oct 29, 2020
29d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 30, 2020 → Filed with AG: Oct 29, 2020	29d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGOct 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 29 · first

Maine State AGOct 29 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/aed810bc-8d30-4720-9d16-72f818d0dacc.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 29, 2020
Raw hash: c3e7bab42739d62a92707eedb1ec1628ca0f9ac9aa9b49fd609f74c898e34373

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.

Victim entityCHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 30, 2020

Stated responseOffered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov