HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

AutoZone, Inc.

bd_a895d70c2f1e3c60 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 5, 2023

Filed

Nov 22, 2023

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

2,509state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for AutoZone, Inc. →

AutoZone, Inc. notified the Washington AG of a cyberattack involving the MOVEit Transfer application. An unauthorized third party exploited a vulnerability to exfiltrate personal information, including names, SSNs, and DOBs, affecting 2,509 Washington residents. The incident was discovered on June 5, 2023, and AutoZone offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d24 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 170 days

May 28, 2023

Begins

Jun 5, 2023

Discovered

Nov 22, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by cl0p about this victim predates this filing by 138 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Sitedispossessorbd_8e8b2610b911309a2024-04-19 · +149dVerified by operator
Leak Sitecl0pbd_194dee6c6b6f32a02023-07-07 · +138dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_2e82b08f0d975f282023-11-21 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6ec1d040bec779f62023-11-21 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_e2dcaa9f4f49c3c52023-11-21 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_0809502990bdba432023-11-20 · +2dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 325d gap

Montana State AGbd_367ded5d15c02eb12023-11-20 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_547d20145f6a4aa82023-11-20 · +2dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_959f6ace42ee32a42023-01-01 · +325dCandidate

Name: AutoZone, Inc.
norm: autozone
Domain: autozone.com

Name: AutoZone, Inc.
norm: autozone
Domain: autozone.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jun 5, 2023
Breach occurred: May 28, 2023
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 21, 2023
Affected individuals: 2,509state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Commenced an investigation
Retained outside experts
Took measures to assess and remediate the incident
Temporarily disabling the MOVEit application
Rebuilding the affected system
Patching the vulnerability
Changes made: Temporarily disabling the MOVEit application
Rebuilding the affected system
Patching the vulnerability
Offering complimentary access to twelve (12) months of credit monitoring services through Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(170 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90dLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

California State AG+323d

Montana State AG+323d

Maine State AG+323d

Vermont State AG+324d

Massachusetts State AG+324d

Oregon State AG+324d

Washington State AG+325d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Nov 22 (WA) — a 325-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA27093.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 22, 2023
Raw hash: 9acb7babe79b1a6713b915d627892f7e53b50188b0f43f2fcd6526ad1147ce84

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAutoZone, Inc.

Victim entityAutoZone, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 5, 2023

Stated responseCommenced an investigation

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com