DisclosureLens
HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Albertsons Companies, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 24, 2023

Filed

Apr 21, 2023

To disclose

28 days

Affected · nationwide

32,878207 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for Albertsons Companies, Inc. →4 incidents on file

Albertsons Companies, Inc. reported a data breach affecting 32,878 individuals, which occurred from December 22, 2022, to December 24, 2022. The breach was discovered on March 24, 2023. The cause was an external system breach (hacking), and compromised information included names and driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. Affected individuals were notified in writing on April 21, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

Maine clockDiscovered Mar 24, 2023 → Filed with AG Apr 21, 202328d ✓ ME AG ≤30d28 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 · 92 days
discovery → filing · 28 days

Dec 22, 2022

Begins

Mar 24, 2023

Discovered

Apr 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 8d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Pattern: first filing Apr 13 (VT), last Apr 21 (ME) — a 8-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.