HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)EmploymentMediumActive

Ahold Delhaize

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 6, 2024

Filed

Jun 26, 2025

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 records

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Ahold Delhaize →

Ahold Delhaize USA Services, LLC notified Delaware AG of unauthorized access to internal U.S. file repositories between Nov 5-6, 2024. Affected data includes employment records containing PII, SSNs, financial account info, and health data. The company engaged external cybersecurity experts and federal law enforcement, and is offering two years of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d33 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 232 days

Nov 5, 2024

Begins

Nov 6, 2024

Discovered

Jun 26, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

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

A leak claim by inc_ransom about this victim was first seen 71 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteinc_ransombd_5a692f7ef7ceea952025-04-16 · +71dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_2d390d6ac37cd64f2025-06-26Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_a0268a05406fb6ce2025-06-26Verified
Indiana State AGbd_c136e25907ccaf532025-06-26Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_fb8a7c8e75597c4a2025-06-26Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 25d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_fa6bc5f0155cdf472025-06-27 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6c1e9546f09b05c62025-07-01 · +5dVerified
Rhode Island State AGbd_e931ee06961cb99e2025-07-01 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_da6f7dbd8f40e4c52025-06-01 · +25dCandidate

Name: Ahold Delhaize
norm: ahold delhaize
Domain: aholddelhaize.com

Name: Ahold Delhaize
norm: ahold delhaize
Domain: aholddelhaize.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 6, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 5, 2024 – Nov 6, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Employment
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: coordinated with U.S. federal law enforcement

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of leading external cybersecurity experts
Coordinated with U.S. federal law enforcement
Began taking steps to contain the issue
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services to you for two years
Changes made: Working with external cybersecurity experts to investigate and secure the affected systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(232 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
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 · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJun 1 · first

Vermont State AG+25d

Nebraska State AG+25d

Indiana State AG+25d

South Carolina State AG+25d

Delaware State AG+25d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+26d

New Hampshire State AG+30d

Rhode Island State AG+30d

Pattern: first filing Jun 1 (IL), last Jul 1 (RI) — a 30-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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2026/01/Ahold_Sample_Individual_Notification.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 26, 2025
Raw hash: 4b845455379882e82b9a442a316db029bc2816d30c1fe371647e047c9c96f219

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAhold Delhaize

Victim entityAhold Delhaize

Incidentdiscovered Nov 6, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of leading external cybersecurity experts

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov