W.W. GRAINGER, INC. — August 2017 breach

Clustered 8 filings across 8 jurisdictions · filing window Sep 18, 2017 → Sep 22, 2017. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →

⚠ 2 cross-filing discrepancies →Merge100%

Determination

Confirmed

Members

8 filings

States

Affected · reported

57,992

First → last filing

Sep 18, 2017 → Sep 22, 2017

Merge confidence

100%

incident inc_9cb7b2aceb4b4b26 · merged by deterministic · confidence 100%

Confirmed breach. Merged as one breach: 8 regulatory filings. The filing describes unauthorized access. Intrusion Aug 23, 2017–Aug 23, 2017, discovered Aug 23, 2017 — the first regulatory filing landed 26 days later. 57,992 individuals reported across the linked filings. Data reported: Government ID, Identity (basic), Employment, and 2 more. Each member filing remains the legal record for its jurisdiction.

Litigation Timing

Supplemental

Notification delay

26days

Discovered → first regulatory filing

Discovery variance

1days

Range of discovered_at dates across filings

Filing span

4days

Time between earliest and latest filing

Not recorded for this incident

Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.

Regulatory clocksHIPAA✓ HHS notifiedOregon✓ OR AG ≤45dSouth Carolina✓ SC CRA notice dueFull clock table in Litigation Timeline

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