HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 29, 2023

Filed

Apr 1, 2024

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION →

Ace Hardware Corporation reported a data security incident discovered on October 29, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed corporate systems between October 27-29, 2023. Affected data includes first and last name in combination with Social Security Number. The company engaged third-party specialists, secured the environment, and is offering credit monitoring. No evidence of misuse was found.

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California clockDiscovered Oct 29, 2023 → Notified Apr 1, 2024155d ✗ CA 60-day late22 weeks discovery → filing

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
Montana State AGbd_7c78088a02e5030c2024-04-01Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_81142c7264dd1e842024-04-01Verified
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: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took immediate action to secure our environment
Engaged third-party specialists to determine the nature, scope and impact of the incident
Worked closely with law enforcement who is conducting an active investigation into the unauthorized actor responsible for this incident
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
Offering you complimentary membership of Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM credit monitoring and identity protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(155 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 155d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Oct 29, 2023
→ Notified: Apr 1, 2024
155d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Oct 29, 2023 → Notified: Apr 1, 2024	155d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Vermont State AGApr 1 · first

Montana State AGApr 1 · first

Indiana 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

California 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-583345
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: 8ba7a6df1a148c6c7895b6161ec101c8f587954dd411b4b71c4c037773125b01

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

Victim entityACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Oct 29, 2023

Stated responseTook immediate action to secure our environment

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov