HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 29, 2023

Filed

Apr 1, 2024

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION →

Ace Hardware Corporation notified Montana residents of a data breach occurring October 27-29, 2023, discovered October 29, 2023. Unauthorized access to corporate systems resulted in exposure of names. No evidence of misuse found. Company engaged third-party specialists and law enforcement, implemented technical safeguards, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 155 days

Oct 27, 2023

Begins

Oct 29, 2023

Discovered

Apr 1, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_14fe6f10df22344f2024-04-01Verified
Indiana State AGbd_81142c7264dd1e842024-04-01Verified
California State AGbd_87a490160af062c62024-04-01Verified
Maine State AGbd_9b3e5f42ce97e6042024-04-01Verified by operator

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Washington State AGbd_be41d37097e367df2024-04-01Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_cf8415c312a4875b2024-04-01Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e5f455891589f4862024-04-01Verified

Name: ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION
norm: ace hardware

Name: ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION
norm: ace hardware
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 29, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 29, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 1, 2024
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: worked closely with law enforcement who is conducting an active investigation into the unauthorized actor responsible for this incident
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party specialists to determine the nature, scope and impact of the incident
Took steps to secure our environment from further risk
Began remediation and recovery efforts
Launched a thorough investigation in partnership with third-party cybersecurity experts
Worked closely with law enforcement who is conducting an active investigation
Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information in our possession and to help prevent similar events from happening in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(155 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Vermont State AGApr 1 · first

Indiana State AGApr 1 · first

California State AGApr 1 · first

Maine State AGApr 1 · first

Washington State AGApr 1 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 1 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 1 · first

Montana State AGApr 1 · first · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1253.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 1, 2024
Raw hash: 452b1238889f34515f365608b1dab253b9a4215e9e73afbe6f772c79e05809bd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

Victim entityACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Oct 29, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party specialists to determine the nature, scope and impact of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov