HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedPCIFinancial accountLowContained

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen

bd_f2728b56e66f0bad · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 16, 2018

Filed

Aug 23, 2018

To disclose

7 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen →2 incidents on file

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen disclosed that between November 3, 2017, and January 2, 2018, an unauthorized party gained access to its network, potentially obtaining payment card information from guests at restaurants in 23 states. The company learned of the incident on August 16, 2018. The affected network was disabled and replaced by April 10, 2018. The company engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm and offered identity protection services to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 16, 2018 → Notified Nov 22, 201898d ✗ CA 60-day late7 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 286 days

discovery → filing · 7 days

Nov 3, 2017

Begins

Aug 16, 2018

Discovered

Aug 23, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_4f996fc23fae99ef2018-08-23Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_0c8c7dd41ed820792018-08-24 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_bf44ec2af98916752018-08-22 · +1dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_fd0b017b0faa47282018-08-28 · +5dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_4124c4909d33b7c12018-08-16 · +7dCandidate

Name: Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
norm: cheddar s scratch kitchen

Name: Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
norm: cheddar s scratch kitchen
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 16, 2018
Breach occurred: Nov 3, 2017 – Jan 2, 2018
Undetected for: 286 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 22, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate
Permanently disabled and replaced the affected network by April 10, 2018
Arranged for ID Experts to provide identity protection services at no cost
Changes made: Permanently disabled and replaced the affected network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 days(7 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 98d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Aug 16, 2018
→ Notified: Nov 22, 2018
98d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 16, 2018 → Notified: Nov 22, 2018	98d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGAug 16 · first

Washington State AG+6d

Oregon State AG+7d

California State AG+7d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+8d

South Carolina State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing Aug 16 (MT), last Aug 28 (SC) — a 12-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-139169
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2018
Raw hash: b0379fe400d6a9c7991a3e5153ce0d419d957f1143e015951ed3650822d7a6fc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCheddar's Scratch Kitchen

Victim entityCheddar's Scratch Kitchen

Incidentdiscovered Aug 16, 2018

Stated responseEngaged a third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov