Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 30, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

17state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC. →6 incidents on file

Chipotle Mexican Grill notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between Jan 19-21, 2020. The incident involved phishing leading to credential compromise. 17 NH residents' names and SSNs were exposed. Chipotle engaged forensic investigators, secured accounts, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Jan 19, 2020

Begins

Oct 30, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_3cdbb8d2fa676db92020-10-29 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_4da7461077382b6a2020-10-29 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_571dddc7897f3bfb2020-10-29 · +1dVerified

Name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.
norm: chipotle mexican grill

Name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.
norm: chipotle mexican grill
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jan 19, 2020 – Jan 21, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 29, 2020
Affected individuals: 17state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the accounts
Engaged a cyber security firm
Conducted a thorough investigation
Conducted a document-by-document review
Notified New Hampshire residents via First-Class U.S. mail
Offered a complimentary one-year membership in credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Established a dedicated call center
Changes made: Re-educated employees about phishing emails
Further enhanced existing security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGOct 29 · first

Maine State AGOct 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 29 · first

New Hampshire 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/chipotle-mexican-grill-20201030.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 30, 2020
Raw hash: 405e5753b0e147e346e14fed8005dd734254f370c2ffe837cbc378fd6f6a1fb1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.

Victim entityCHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseTook steps to secure the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov