AccidentalRetail & ConsumerRetailMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

bd_603041aab654e3f8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 26, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC. →2 incidents on file

C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC accidentally mailed W2 tax forms to incorrect individuals in January 2025 due to a misapplied mail merge in its HR system. The company notified unintended recipients, regulators, and offered IDX identity protection services. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

Jan 1, 2025

Begins

Feb 26, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_3263cf801fe45b162025-02-26Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_5d71b82c4e536d5f2025-02-26Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_92f39c7f711f24cc2025-02-26Verified
Maryland State AGbd_42745efcaf1fced42025-02-25 · +1dVerified

Name: C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
norm: c s wholesale grocers

Name: C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
norm: c s wholesale grocers
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2025 – Jan 31, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 26, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 Phishing
Regulator citations: Notifying the relevant regulators of the error

During the incident: Implemented safeguards in its processes to prevent this error from reoccurring
Notified the unintended recipients of the W2 forms of the error
Notifying the relevant regulators of the error
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented safeguards in its processes to prevent this error from reoccurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maryland State AGFeb 25 · first

Maine State AG+1d

Vermont State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

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/c-s-wholesale-grocers-20250226.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 26, 2025
Raw hash: c0d2e52f807dc008bf785cb131d4430d9c752a282d3196383e71b66dbe985a9d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityC&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

Victim entityC&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseImplemented safeguards in its processes to prevent this error from reoccurring

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov