PhysicalManufacturingManufacturingTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

W.W. GRAINGER, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 23, 2017

Filed

Sep 18, 2017

To disclose

26 days

Affected

725state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

71%

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

W.W. Grainger, Inc. reported the theft of a laptop containing employee PII (names, SSNs, contact info) on August 23, 2017. The incident affected 725 Washington residents. Grainger disabled credentials, engaged forensic counsel, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 days

Aug 23, 2017

Begins

Aug 23, 2017

Discovered

Sep 18, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

HHS OCRbd_5bf6d6a1d1b607552017-09-18Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_933dda5a75b2fa4d2017-09-18Verified
Montana State AGbd_ac98d18c1dadc52f2017-09-18Verified
California State AGbd_65e06fe2ce6752892017-09-19 · +1dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_f196cd845aedd1db2017-09-19 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_9ca68e4c68eb46f82017-09-20 · +2dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_260a4c6ff222aef92017-09-22 · +4dVerified

Name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
norm: ww grainger
Domain: grainger.com

Name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
norm: ww grainger
Domain: grainger.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Aug 23, 2017
Breach occurred: Aug 23, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 18, 2017
Affected individuals: 725state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: NameSocial Security number
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 0dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Cooperating with law enforcement

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of cybersecurity counsel, outside security experts, and in close cooperation with law enforcement
Disabled the employees’ network and all other IT credentials
Set the laptop to automatically wipe its contents the next time it connects to the internet
Met with local police and Chicago police department to initiate an alert on the laptop’s make, model and serial number through Chicago PD’s pawn-shop tracking system
Set up online resources to monitor for any sales offers related to the laptop
Offering 12 months of complimentary identity protection and 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Providing 12 months of complimentary identity monitoring services provided by Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 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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HHS OCRSep 18 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 18 · first

Montana State AGSep 18 · first

Washington State AGSep 18 · first · this page

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+4d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9737.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 18, 2017
Raw hash: 467fa957efc1b229534253fe5f23c532cc8bb70354747927b42441638f0614f3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityW.W. GRAINGER, INC.

Victim entityW.W. GRAINGER, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 23, 2017

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of cybersecurity counsel, outside security experts, and in close cooperation with law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com