HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 6, 2023

Filed

Apr 30, 2024

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

17state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC. →

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. notified affected individuals of a data breach occurring between October 6-7, 2023. Unauthorized access to AWG's network resulted in the viewing or taking of files containing names, Social Security numbers, and/or dates of birth. AWG engaged cyber incident response specialists, reported the incident to federal law enforcement, and is offering credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 207 days

Oct 6, 2023

Begins

Oct 6, 2023

Discovered

Apr 30, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_01b54a2df69204902023-10-19 · +193dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0942c8b7ce9acb532024-04-30Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_17dc0a4c42f5f4e02024-04-30Verified
Maine State AGbd_3045a98ce8eb8b192024-04-30Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_a2ab01a1c79aa42f2024-04-29 · +1dVerified

Name: ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
norm: associated wholesale grocers
Domain: awginc.com

Name: ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
norm: associated wholesale grocers
Domain: awginc.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 6, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 6, 2023 – Oct 7, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 17state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this event to federal law enforcement and government regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of cyber incident response specialists
Reported this event to federal law enforcement and government regulators
Offering you 12/24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services at no cost to you through Equifax
Changes made: Reviewing our policies, procedures and processes to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(207 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGApr 29 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d · 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-1324.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 30, 2024
Raw hash: d4715b21ee58e9e8b2f931e0d5171059041f3692c4ae4e4dcf2229a2b04e419b

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

Victim entityASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 6, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of cyber incident response specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov