PhysicalTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

W.W. GRAINGER, INC.

bd_ac98d18c1dadc52f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 23, 2017

Filed

Sep 18, 2017

To disclose

26 days

Affected

57state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

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

W.W. Grainger, Inc. notified Montana residents that a team member's password-protected laptop containing employee and dependent PII (including SSN, DOB, and benefits info) was stolen on August 23, 2017. No evidence of unauthorized access was found. Grainger disabled credentials, engaged law enforcement, and offered one year of Kroll identity monitoring.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 days

Aug 23, 2017

Begins

Aug 23, 2017

Discovered

Sep 18, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_5bf6d6a1d1b607552017-09-18Verified
Washington State AGbd_8607cff885381d4d2017-09-18Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_933dda5a75b2fa4d2017-09-18Verified
California State AGbd_65e06fe2ce6752892017-09-19 · +1dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 4d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_f196cd845aedd1db2017-09-19 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_9ca68e4c68eb46f82017-09-20 · +2dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_260a4c6ff222aef92017-09-22 · +4dVerified

Name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
norm: ww grainger
Domain: grainger.com

Name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
norm: ww grainger
Domain: grainger.com
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 23, 2017
Breach occurred: Aug 23, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 57state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the specifics and information involved
Disabled the team member’s network and all other IT credentials
Set the laptop to automatically wipe its contents completely and permanently
Working closely with law enforcement and outside security experts
Providing complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll for one year
Changes made: Implemented protective measures since discovering the incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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 · this page

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+2d

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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/W.W.-Grainger.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 18, 2017
Raw hash: 87e0890197befcc2d49997436ee7586a1cd8dd359fc6aaf51bcfd2180163974b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityW.W. GRAINGER, INC.

Victim entityW.W. GRAINGER, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 23, 2017

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the specifics and information involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov