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HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Sam's Club

bd_cd60e531f69a1979 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 24, 2020

Filed

Oct 26, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

717state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Sam's Club →2 incidents on file

Sam's Club notified the New Hampshire DOJ on October 22, 2020, of a breach discovered September 24, 2020. An unauthorized party used stolen credentials (email/password) from an unrelated source to access member accounts and conduct fraudulent transactions involving Sam's Club Cash Rewards. Approximately 717 New Hampshire residents were affected. Data accessed included names, addresses, phone numbers, and Cash Rewards balances. Sam's Club reset passwords, issued new membership numbers, placed holds on rewards, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Sep 17, 2020

Begins

Sep 24, 2020

Discovered

Oct 26, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 5d gap

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGOct 21 · first
Indiana State AGOct 21 · first
Massachusetts State AGOct 21 · first
Montana State AGOct 21 · first
Oregon State AGOct 21 · first
Washington State AGOct 21 · first
Delaware State AGOct 21 · first
Maine State AG+1d
New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page
South Carolina State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Oct 21 (CA), last Oct 29 (SC) — a 8-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.