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THE KROGER CO.

bd_d1b8496772be0448 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 19, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected · nationwide

1,040,000208,100 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for THE KROGER CO. →7 incidents on file

The Kroger Co and its affiliated Companies reported a data breach to the Indiana Attorney General. The breach occurred on 2020-12-24 and was reported on 2021-02-19. 208,100 Indiana residents were affected. 1,040,000 individuals affected in total.

Incident timeline

Dec 24, 2020

Begins

Feb 19, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident
Part of Accellion supply-chain incident (2021) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 26d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗
HHS OCRFeb 19 · first
California State AGFeb 19 · first
Washington State AGFeb 19 · first
Massachusetts State AGFeb 19 · first
Montana State AGFeb 19 · first
Indiana State AGFeb 19 · first · this page
South Carolina State AG+3d
Montana State AG+26d

Pattern: first filing Feb 19 (OH), last Mar 17 (MT) — a 26-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.