HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

ADVANCE STORES COMPANY, INCORPORATED

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

May 23, 2024

Filed

Jul 10, 2024

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,316,59113,858 in this filing

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for ADVANCE STORES COMPANY, INCORPORATED →

Advance Stores Company, Inc. (Advance Auto Parts) disclosed an external system breach involving its cloud storage vendor, Snowflake. Unauthorized access occurred between April 14 and May 24, 2024. The incident affected approximately 2.3 million individuals nationwide, including 13,858 Maine residents. Compromised data included names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers. Notices were sent on July 10, 2024, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 23, 2024 → Filed with AG Jul 10, 202448d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 39 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Apr 14, 2024

Begins

May 23, 2024

Discovered

Jul 10, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 12 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_05efc0c2fe52540b2024-07-10Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_2136d1e78c22a08f2024-07-10Verified
Montana State AGbd_52776d6829ed95402024-07-10Verified
Delaware State AGbd_699d2fe90e0953682024-07-10Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_879fd3f910e4606a2024-07-10Verified
California State AGbd_b687cfd83b56a4922024-07-10Verified
Oregon State AGbd_bc5881d478a606782024-07-10Verified
Indiana State AGbd_ed8b68d77c0f43f52024-07-10Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_edb18f0a419409c12024-07-10Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_cba4eeb41cd173242024-07-11 · +1dVerified

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Name: ADVANCE STORES COMPANY, INCORPORATED
norm: advance stores
Domain: advance-auto.com

Name: ADVANCE STORES COMPANY, INCORPORATED
norm: advance stores
Domain: advance-auto.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 23, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 14, 2024 – May 24, 2024
Undetected for: 39 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 10, 2024
Affected individuals: 2,316,591state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulatorsProviding notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident with the support of third-party experts
Took measures to contain the incident and terminate the unauthorized access
Conducted a detailed review and analysis of the affected information
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Providing access to credit monitoring and identification theft protection services for twelve (12) months, through Experian
Changes made: Working to further harden its systems
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 48dME CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 23, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Jul 10, 2024
48d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 23, 2024 → Filed with AG: Jul 10, 2024	48d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Washington State AGJul 10 · first

Vermont State AGJul 10 · first

Montana State AGJul 10 · first

Delaware State AGJul 10 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 10 · first

California State AGJul 10 · first

Oregon State AGJul 10 · first

Indiana State AGJul 10 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 10 · first

Maine State AGJul 10 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+1d

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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Leak-site claim

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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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/9a6279ea-12a4-47c8-855e-9ce509f5a2b2.html
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Filed at: Jul 10, 2024
Raw hash: ad1f43df0b78236c19e12c3bca9560b6ad4a2f0e6904d6325ae9946ac153a1c9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityADVANCE STORES COMPANY, INCORPORATED

Victim entityADVANCE STORES COMPANY, INCORPORATED

Incidentdiscovered May 23, 2024

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident with the support of third-party experts

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov