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Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

American Tire Distributors, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 6, 2017

Filed

Mar 17, 2017

To disclose

11 days

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for American Tire Distributors, Inc.2 incidents on file

American Tire Distributors notified employees that W-2 information (name, SSN, wages, address) was fraudulently obtained by a third party on March 3, 2017. The company discovered the incident on March 6, 2017, believes it is contained, and did not involve network intrusion. Law enforcement was notified. Affected individuals received 24 months of identity protection services.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days
discovery → filing · 11 days

Mar 3, 2017

Begins

Mar 6, 2017

Discovered

Mar 17, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGMar 17 · first
California State AGMar 17 · first
Montana State AGMar 17 · 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.