HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Ben E. Keith Company

bd_0e18a61bc2c59960 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 14, 2023

Filed

Oct 26, 2023

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Ben E. Keith Company →

Ben E. Keith Company notified Montana residents of a data breach occurring March 3-5, 2023, discovered March 14, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed a limited portion of the network, impacting files containing names and other PII. The company reported the incident to federal law enforcement and regulatory authorities, offered 24 months of credit monitoring via LifeLock, and is reinforcing security posture.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 226 days

Mar 3, 2023

Begins

Mar 14, 2023

Discovered

Oct 26, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_2980e703615d3d612023-10-26Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_fa24370df9f0cd4e2023-10-26Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_fc3085333bbfa8652023-10-26Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cc9af87f8e0da9c22023-10-30 · +4dVerified

Name: Ben E. Keith Company
norm: ben e keith

Name: Ben E. Keith Company
norm: ben e keith
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 14, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 3, 2023 – Mar 5, 2023
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this event to federal law enforcementreported this event to applicable regulatory authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Promptly commenced an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of this event
Confirming the security of our systems
Reinforcing our existing security posture
Reviewing the contents of relevant data for sensitive information
Notifying potentially affected individuals
Reviewing our policies procedures and processes related to data protection and security
Reported this event to federal law enforcement
Reported this event to applicable regulatory authorities
Offering you access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for 24 months through LifeLock at no cost
Changes made: Reinforcing our existing security posture
Reviewing our policies procedures and processes related to data protection and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(226 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGOct 26 · first

Indiana State AGOct 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 26 · first

Montana State AGOct 26 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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-796.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 26, 2023
Raw hash: 7f89d01aac9f09c3a12479f88e3657b27565df57f2fe5888111192033ccf36df

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBen E. Keith Company

Victim entityBen E. Keith Company

Incidentdiscovered Mar 14, 2023

Stated responsePromptly commenced an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of this event

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov