HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

HF FOODS GROUP INC.

bd_007137877f5b59ba · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 30, 2022

Filed

Mar 23, 2023

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for HF FOODS GROUP INC. →

HF Foods Group Inc. notified consumers of a data breach where unauthorized access occurred between July 28-30, 2022. Personal information was potentially accessed. The company engaged third-party cybersecurity experts, removed the unauthorized party, and is offering complimentary credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday34 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 · 2 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 236 days

Jul 28, 2022

Begins

Jul 30, 2022

Discovered

Mar 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_bbb20561820dbc322023-05-11 · +49dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_49319f184ebb92392023-05-12 · +50dVerified

Name: HF FOODS GROUP INC.
norm: hf foods

Name: HF FOODS GROUP INC.
norm: hf foods
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jul 30, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 28, 2022 – Jul 30, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Mar 23, 2023
Notification sent: Mar 21, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched a comprehensive investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity experts
Took proactive measures to remove the unauthorized party
Offering you complementary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Continue to make additional improvements that strengthen our cybersecurity protections
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(236 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGMar 23 · first · this page

Maine State AG+49d

Massachusetts State AG+50d

Pattern: first filing Mar 23 (VT), last May 12 (MA) — a 50-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-03-23-hf-foods-group-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 23, 2023
Raw hash: d9c810842bd259f4369e3915279c4d6223aae36ea01011741914df3a90ed453e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHF FOODS GROUP INC.

Victim entityHF FOODS GROUP INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 30, 2022

Stated responseLaunched a comprehensive investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity experts

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov