HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Bell-Carter Foods LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 13, 2022

Filed

Jan 31, 2023

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Bell-Carter Foods LLC →2 incidents on file

Bell-Carter Foods LLC notified Montana residents of a data breach where an unauthorized actor accessed systems between Sept 7-13, 2022. Personal info including names, addresses, SSNs, and salary data was compromised. The company engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft insurance via Epiq.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 140 days

Sep 7, 2022

Begins

Sep 13, 2022

Discovered

Jan 31, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 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

California State AGbd_2d2e2c4fa64d5a0f2023-01-31Verified
Indiana State AGbd_92aea959068a93722023-01-13 · +18dVerified

Name: Bell-Carter Foods LLC
norm: bell carter foods

Name: Bell-Carter Foods LLC
norm: bell carter foods
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 13, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 7, 2022 – Sep 13, 2022
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: contacted law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Took all systems offline
Retained third-party cybersecurity experts to aid in our investigation
Contacted law enforcement
Worked to safely restore systems
Undertook a manual review to confirm the nature and scope of the affected information
Secured the services of Epiq to provide Call Center Services
Provided credit and identity monitoring
Provided Dark Web monitoring
Provided Public Persona monitoring
Provided Quick Cash Scan
Provided Identity Theft Insurance
Changes made: Secured the services of Epiq
Provided credit and identity monitoring
Provided Dark Web monitoring
Provided Public Persona monitoring
Provided Quick Cash Scan
Provided Identity Theft Insurance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(140 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGJan 13 · first

California State AG+18d

Montana State AG+18d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 13 (IN), last Jan 31 (MT) — a 18-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-52.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 31, 2023
Raw hash: 5640afcc4af953e15f8c984891f89d4b5e8083d0398ff8459af46a95909ae274

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBell-Carter Foods LLC

Victim entityBell-Carter Foods LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov