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W.W. GRAINGER, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 24, 2017

Filed

Sep 20, 2017

To disclose

27 days

Affected

57,992

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for W.W. GRAINGER, INC. →3 incidents on file

W.W. Grainger, Inc. reported a data breach to the Oregon Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2017-09-20. The breach occurred during 8/23/2017 - 8/23/2017. The breach was discovered on 8/24/2017. 57,992 individuals were affected. Notice was sent on 9/18/2017.

Oregon clock✓ OR AG ≤45d27 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 · 1 days
discovery → filing · 27 days

Aug 23, 2017

Begins

Aug 24, 2017

Discovered

Sep 20, 2017

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 2d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗
HHS OCRSep 18 · first
Washington State AGSep 18 · first
New Hampshire State AGSep 18 · first
Montana State AGSep 18 · first
California State AG+1d
Massachusetts State AG+1d
Oregon State AG+2d · this page
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.