MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 29, 2023

Filed

Apr 1, 2024

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

613state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION →

Ace Hardware Corporation reported a ransomware incident affecting corporate systems. Unauthorized access occurred Oct 27-29, 2023, discovered Oct 29, 2023. 613 Washington residents affected. Data involved: names. Ransom demanded. Remediation: third-party forensics, law enforcement cooperation, technical safeguards, credit monitoring offered.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d22 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 155 days

Oct 27, 2023

Begins

Oct 29, 2023

Discovered

Apr 1, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_14fe6f10df22344f2024-04-01Verified
Montana State AGbd_7c78088a02e5030c2024-04-01Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_81142c7264dd1e842024-04-01Verified
California State AGbd_87a490160af062c62024-04-01Verified

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Maine State AGbd_9b3e5f42ce97e6042024-04-01Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_cf8415c312a4875b2024-04-01Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e5f455891589f4862024-04-01Verified

Name: ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION
norm: ace hardware

Name: ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION
norm: ace hardware
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 29, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 29, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 1, 2024
Affected individuals: 613state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Law enforcement is conducting an active investigation into the unauthorized actor

During the incident: Engaged third-party specialists to determine the nature, scope and impact of the incident
Worked closely with law enforcement who is conducting an active investigation
Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information in our possession and to help prevent similar events from happening in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(155 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Vermont State AGApr 1 · first

Montana State AGApr 1 · first

Indiana State AGApr 1 · first

California State AGApr 1 · first

Maine State AGApr 1 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 1 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 1 · first

Washington State AGApr 1 · first · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA28472.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 1, 2024
Raw hash: 049c34678955646bb01cb74ac3dae8e169c704a59976e4213901d7e68ce042b4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

Victim entityACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Oct 29, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party specialists to determine the nature, scope and impact of the incident

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com