HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Harbinger Group, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 27, 2024

Filed

Nov 11, 2024

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Harbinger Group, LLC →

Harbinger Group, LLC d/b/a Misionero Vegetables experienced unauthorized access to its network between September 26 and September 27, 2024. The company became aware of suspicious activity on September 27, 2024. The incident involved the exposure of names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, and dates of birth. The company secured its systems, notified law enforcement, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 27, 2024 → Notified Nov 11, 202445d ✓ CA 60-day OK6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Sep 26, 2024

Begins

Sep 27, 2024

Discovered

Nov 11, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Harbinger Group, LLC
norm: harbinger group

Name: Harbinger Group, LLC
norm: harbinger group
Also named: Harbinger Group, LLCdba oflegal entity
Misionero Vegetablesdba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 27, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 26, 2024 – Sep 27, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 11, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementWill be notifying relevant regulators, as required

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Initiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the event
Undertook a thorough review of the affected data
Notified federal law enforcement
Offering twelve (12) months of complimentary access to credit monitoring services through Experian
Changes made: Reviewing our policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of similar future events
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 45d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Sep 27, 2024
→ Notified: Nov 11, 2024
45d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 27, 2024 → Notified: Nov 11, 2024	45d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-594691
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 11, 2024
Raw hash: 815574b58fa7ca8078a73e91ab64c98652e51feaa6092f9b4a06fcdf0a9e6919

Reporting entityHarbinger Group, LLC

Victim entityHarbinger Group, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov