The Kroger Co.

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving The Kroger Co. on February 19, 2021. The breach, which occurred from December 24, 2020, to December 29, 2020, was the result of a cyberattack involving malware and affected approximately 153,800 residents. Compromised information included names, Social Security numbers, full dates of birth, medical information, and other unspecified data.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10405

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/kroger

"id": "kro505080525",
"linkid": "kroger",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "12/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 153800,
                        'industry': 'Retail',
                        'name': 'The Kroger Co.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Malware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 153800,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'full dates of birth',
                                              'medical information',
                                              'other unspecified data']},
 'date_detected': '2021-02-19',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-02-19',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving The Kroger Co. on February 19, 2021. '
                'The breach, which occurred from December 24, 2020, to '
                'December 29, 2020, was the result of a cyberattack involving '
                'malware and affected approximately 153,800 residents. '
                'Compromised information included names, Social Security '
                'numbers, full dates of birth, medical information, and other '
                'unspecified data.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'full dates of birth',
                                 'medical information',
                                 'other unspecified data']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-02-19',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at The Kroger Co.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}