MisuseRetail & ConsumerRetailPrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIILowResolved

WALMART INC.

bd_5872dd38ac6d18db · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 3, 2025

Filed

Jan 9, 2025

To disclose

6 days

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

86%

Full breach record for WALMART INC. →15 incidents on file

Walmart Inc. reported an insider wrongdoing incident to the Maine AG involving 2 Maine residents. The breach occurred on December 10, 2024, and was discovered on January 3, 2025. Affected individuals were notified in writing on January 10, 2025. Walmart offered 12 months of Experian identity protection and credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 3, 2025 → Filed with AG Jan 9, 20256d ✓ ME AG ≤30d6 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 · 24 days

discovery → filing · 6 days

Dec 10, 2024

Begins

Jan 3, 2025

Discovered

Jan 9, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: WALMART INC.
norm: walmart
Domain: walmart.com
Industry: Other Commercial

Name: WALMART INC.
norm: walmart
Domain: walmart.com
Industry: Other Commercial
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 3, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 10, 2024
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 10, 2025
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PII
Attack vector: Insider
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notification filed with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Written notification sent to affected Maine residents on 2025-01-10
Identity theft protection services offered: 12-month Experian identity protection and credit monitoring
Changes made: 12 Month Experian identity protection and credit monitoring offered to affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 6d
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: Jan 3, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Jan 9, 2025
6d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 3, 2025 → Filed with AG: Jan 9, 2025	6d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/c6178e26-25d1-4228-b7cb-b964d8e31f13.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 9, 2025
Raw hash: 929a3bcd1dfea593ea7c5e1d6f34adf077ce57bf6092af609ac14bfb4fde003c

Reporting entityWALMART INC.

Victim entityWALMART INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 3, 2025

Stated responseWritten notification sent to affected Maine residents on 2025-01-10

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov