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W.W. GRAINGER, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 10, 2018

Filed

Apr 20, 2018

To disclose

10 days

Affected

17,902

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for W.W. GRAINGER, INC. →3 incidents on file

W.W. Grainger Inc. reported a data breach to the Oregon Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2018-04-20. The breach occurred during 9/26/2017 - 10/12/2017. The breach was discovered on 4/10/2018. 17,902 individuals were affected. Notice was sent on 4/18/2018.

Oregon clock✓ OR AG ≤45d10 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 · 196 days
discovery → filing · 10 days

Sep 26, 2017

Begins

Apr 10, 2018

Discovered

Apr 20, 2018

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident
Part of [24]7.ai supply-chain incident (2018) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGApr 17 · first
Montana State AGApr 17 · first
Massachusetts State AG+3d
California State AG+3d
Oregon State AG+3d · 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.