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HackingHacking OtherIdentity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

AutoZone, Inc.

bd_547d20145f6a4aa8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

Nov 3, 2023

Filed

Nov 20, 2023

To disclose

17 days

Affected · nationwide

184,995293 in this filing

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for AutoZone, Inc.

AutoZone, Inc. reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, which occurred on May 28, 2023, and was discovered on November 3, 2023. The breach, described as an external system hacking incident, affected 293 Maine residents. The compromised data includes names and Social Security Numbers. Affected individuals were notified on November 21, 2023, and offered 12 months of three-bureau credit monitoring through Equifax.

Leak gap clock Leak >90d17 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 · 159 days
discovery → filing · 17 days

May 28, 2023

Begins

Nov 3, 2023

Discovered

Nov 20, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by cl0p about this victim predates this filing by 136 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filingsup to 323d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Nov 22 (WA) — a 325-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.