Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Albertsons Companies, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 29, 2023

Filed

Feb 9, 2024

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Albertsons Companies, Inc. →6 incidents on file

Albertsons Companies, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a phishing incident where associates entered login credentials into deceptive domains mimicking the myACI HR system. Unauthorized access occurred between Dec 19, 2023, and Jan 12, 2024. Albertsons discovered the breach on Dec 29, 2023, and notified 6 NH residents on Feb 9, 2024. Personal data potentially involved includes names, addresses, and government IDs. Remediation included forensic investigation, shutting down deceptive domains, and offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Dec 19, 2023

Begins

Dec 29, 2023

Discovered

Feb 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1bcf6f0abca96ea52024-02-09Candidate
Maine State AGbd_60509e947cd07ed12024-02-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_825706dff0c6bf522024-02-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f32c7943f66f22a32024-02-09Verified

Name: Albertsons Companies, Inc.
norm: albertsons companies
Domain: albertsonscompanies.com

Name: Albertsons Companies, Inc.
norm: albertsons companies
Domain: albertsonscompanies.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 29, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 19, 2023 – Jan 12, 2024
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 9, 2024
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched a forensic investigation
Initiating the process to shut down the deceptive domains
Providing further guidance to help its employees avoid these types of schemes
Enhance its security and monitoring controls
Harden its systems
Changes made: Enhance its security and monitoring controls
Harden its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGFeb 9 · first

Maine State AGFeb 9 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 9 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 9 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/albertsons-companies-20240209.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 9, 2024
Raw hash: c2ceffe7000f7d1b70e8e11b647f089c6f80f8609b3f3f029d4d1cd683c826b4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAlbertsons Companies, Inc.

Victim entityAlbertsons Companies, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 29, 2023

Stated responseLaunched a forensic investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov