DisclosureLens
HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Farmer Bros. Co.

bd_17d44ae703b94bf8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2018

Filed

Dec 11, 2018

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Farmer Bros. Co. reported that on September 18, 2018, it became aware that multiple company email accounts were accessed by an unauthorized third party. The breach date listed by the CA AG is May 1, 2018. The investigation concluded in November 2018. Affected data may include names, addresses, SSNs, driver's license numbers, payment card numbers, CVVs, bank account numbers, and routing numbers. The company engaged a cyber incident response team and enhanced email security protections. Identity theft protection services were offered to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

undetected · 140 days
discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

May 1, 2018

Begins

Sep 18, 2018

Discovered

Dec 11, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGDec 7 · first
Massachusetts State AG+4d
Montana State AG+4d
California State AG+4d · this page

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.