HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)EmploymentCriticalContained

Ahold Delhaize

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Nov 6, 2024

Filed

Jun 26, 2025

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

121,465state residents only

Linked

10 records

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Ahold Delhaize →

Ahold Delhaize USA Services, LLC notified South Carolina residents of a data breach involving unauthorized access to internal file repositories between Nov 5-6, 2024. Affected data included employment records containing PII, SSNs, financial accounts, and health info. The company engaged forensic experts, coordinated with federal law enforcement, and offered 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d33 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 232 days

Nov 5, 2024

Begins

Nov 6, 2024

Discovered

Jun 26, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

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

A leak claim by inc_ransom about this victim was first seen 71 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteinc_ransombd_5a692f7ef7ceea952025-04-16 · +71dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_2d390d6ac37cd64f2025-06-26Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_a0268a05406fb6ce2025-06-26Verified
Delaware State AGbd_aadedba96eaafa102025-06-26Verified
Indiana State AGbd_c136e25907ccaf532025-06-26Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 25d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_fa6bc5f0155cdf472025-06-27 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6c1e9546f09b05c62025-07-01 · +5dVerified
Rhode Island State AGbd_e931ee06961cb99e2025-07-01 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_da6f7dbd8f40e4c52025-06-01 · +25dCandidate

Name: Ahold Delhaize
norm: ahold delhaize
Domain: aholddelhaize.com

Name: Ahold Delhaize
norm: ahold delhaize
Domain: aholddelhaize.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 6, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 5, 2024 – Nov 6, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 26, 2025
Affected individuals: 121,465state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: coordinated with U.S. federal law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of leading external cybersecurity experts
Coordinated with U.S. federal law enforcement
Began taking steps to contain the issue
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services to you for two years
Changes made: Working with external cybersecurity experts to investigate and secure the affected systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(232 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30dSC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJun 1 · first

Vermont State AG+25d

Nebraska State AG+25d

Delaware State AG+25d

Indiana State AG+25d

South Carolina State AG+25d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+26d

New Hampshire State AG+30d

Rhode Island State AG+30d

Pattern: first filing Jun 1 (IL), last Jul 1 (RI) — a 30-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/South%20Carolina%20Consumer%20Notification%20Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 26, 2025
Raw hash: c92bc22736b01de5f6da621fd8ae332aad1fb1aaf69479f2d550e4e6f8666272

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAhold Delhaize

Victim entityAhold Delhaize

Incidentdiscovered Nov 6, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of leading external cybersecurity experts

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov