Advance Auto Parts, Inc.
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Full breach record for Advance Auto Parts, Inc. →2 incidents on fileOn March 7, 2016, Advance Auto Parts experienced a phishing attack where an external party posing as an employee tricked an internal employee into providing a file containing employee information. The data exposed included names, Social Security numbers, 2015 gross wages, and tax states. The company notified federal law enforcement and offered 24 months of identity protection services via AllClear ID. The incident affected current and former employees.
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Incident timeline
Mar 7, 2016
Begins
Mar 7, 2016
Discovered
Mar 16, 2016
Filed
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6 wks faster
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap
- Massachusetts State AGbd_bda8f85a7b59f0f02016-03-16Verified
- Montana State AGbd_3cce9ac72fde297a2016-03-17 · +1dVerified
- South Carolina State AGbd_413e38d96c01b2a12016-03-17 · +1dVerified
- Washington State AGbd_fd971bcf70ef33ed2016-03-15 · +1dCandidate
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- Oregon State AGbd_061f86f700c416db2016-04-14 · +29dVerified
Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Mar 15 (WA), last Apr 14 (OR) — a 30-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
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