HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountCredentialsLowContained

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 2, 2024

Filed

Oct 9, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

9446 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Lowe's Companies, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Lowe's Companies, Inc. reported unauthorized third-party access to employee Workday accounts on September 2, 2024. The attacker obtained usernames, passwords, and associated PII (name, address, DOB, email, phone, bank account). 944 individuals affected; 6 in Maine. Notification sent October 9, 2024. Remediation included password resets and MFA implementation.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 2, 2024 → Filed with AG Oct 9, 202437d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Sep 2, 2024

Begins

Sep 2, 2024

Discovered

Oct 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_101665e6d03b6f362024-10-09Verified
Montana State AGbd_a69f411bf02abe4a2024-10-09Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_20610bb1de07b9e92024-10-12 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4c384f193d68f71b2024-10-15 · +6dVerified

Name: Lowe's Companies, Inc.
norm: lowe s companies

Name: Lowe's Companies, Inc.
norm: lowe s companies
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 2, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 2, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2024
Affected individuals: 944state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Workday
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Activated incident response procedures
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Resetting Workday passwords
Implementing PIN multi-factor authentication for Workday access
Providing 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Strengthening Workday authentication protocols
Resetting Workday passwords
Implementing PIN multi-factor authentication for Workday access
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 37d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 2, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Oct 9, 2024
37d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 2, 2024 → Filed with AG: Oct 9, 2024	37d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGOct 9 · first

Montana State AGOct 9 · first

Maine State AGOct 9 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Oct 9 (IN), last Oct 15 (NH) — a 6-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/2abb8212-1605-4ac2-b991-faad23e56cc9.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 9, 2024
Raw hash: 37b81f508a10fa1f84aeea487d20e5373ece35e348b559157e7b0543afdafe6a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLowe's Companies, Inc.

Victim entityLowe's Companies, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 2, 2024

Stated responseActivated incident response procedures

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov