BreachCensus

Best Buy Co, Inc.

RetailUnited States of America

SEC EDGAR CIK 0000764478

Best Buy Co, Inc. is a retail organisation in Washington. It appears on the California Attorney General breach-notification register, the Washington State Attorney General breach-notification register and the Wisconsin DATCP data breach list with 2 confirmed incidents; the most recent notice was filed on April 13, 2018.

Headquarters
Richfield, United States
ISIN
US0865161014
LEI
HL5XPTVRV0O8TUN5LL90
Wikidata
Q533415

Data as of September 12, 2026.

Sources

Confirmed incident

Filed in WA and CA — Malware Deployment

The same incident was filed separately with 2 jurisdictions within a few days of each other (WA and CA) — shown here as one incident.

Occurred
September 26, 2017
Disclosed
April 13, 2018

Timeline

  1. April 13, 2018
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    WA AG breach notification: 8,390 Washington residents affected

    source
  2. April 13, 2018
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    CA AG breach notification: an unknown number of California residents affected

    source
What a Washington notice means

Governed by RCW 19.255.010. Notice to the Attorney General is required when a breach affects more than 500 Washington residents.

Note: the count is Washington residents only, not a total.

Washington breach-notification register ↗

What a California notice means

Governed by Cal. Civ. Code §1798.82. A copy of the notification must be sent to the Attorney General when a single breach requires notifying more than 500 California residents.

Note: no affected-count is published on this register.

California breach-notification register ↗

Confirmed incident

US-WI

Occurred
October 12, 2017
Disclosed
April 5, 2018

Timeline

  1. April 5, 2018
    Reported to regulator Regulator

    WI AG breach notification: an unknown number of Wisconsin residents affected

    source
What a Wisconsin notice means

Governed by Wis. Stat. §134.98. No state agency must be notified. Affected individuals must be told within 45 days, and the national credit bureaus too when 1,000 or more people are notified; DATCP lists breaches reported to it or found to affect Wisconsin consumers.

Note: the count is Wisconsin residents only when published, not a total; many notices do not include one.

Wisconsin breach-notification register ↗

Related

Same sector and location

Disclosed around the same time