PhysicalRetail & ConsumerRetailLossCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

WALMART INC.

bd_b46c5827f172f37c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 14, 2021

Filed

Oct 26, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for WALMART INC. →15 incidents on file

Walmart Store #1071 in Wood River, IL reported a lost laptop containing patient information from its Vision Center on September 14, 2021. The data included names, dates of birth, and visual field test results for individuals who visited between April 2017 and October 2017. Walmart found no evidence of theft or misuse.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1627 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Apr 1, 2017

Begins

Sep 14, 2021

Discovered

Oct 26, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_cc3d283dc777e7312021-10-26Verified
Illinois State AGbd_22de43322f9e60022021-01-01 · +298dCandidate

Name: WALMART INC.
norm: walmart
Domain: walmart.com

Name: WALMART INC.
norm: walmart
Domain: walmart.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 14, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2017 – Oct 31, 2017
Undetected for: 1,627 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: Searched for the laptop throughout the store and other relevant locations
Reviewed the facts and circumstances surrounding this matter
Evaluating whether additional safeguards can help prevent this type of incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+298d

Montana State AG+298d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Oct 26 (MT) — a 298-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-34.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 26, 2021
Raw hash: ed5fc4aec065f1d7126788f23f4794447f35bf48e35e28dc26a08c8cb0b05607

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWALMART INC.

Victim entityWALMART INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 14, 2021

Stated responseSearched for the laptop throughout the store and other relevant locations

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov