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HackingAgriculturePIIGovernment IDCriticalContained

CHARTER FOODS, INC.

bd_364fe6fa9f7bc733 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

Feb 27, 2023

Filed

May 1, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

109,194783 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for CHARTER FOODS, INC.

Charter Foods, a commercial organization, reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General's office. The breach, which occurred on January 13, 2023, was an external system breach (hacking) and was discovered on February 27, 2023. The breach affected 783 Maine residents, and a total of 109,194 individuals. The information acquired includes names or other personal identifiers in combination with Social Security Numbers. Charter Foods provided written notification to affected consumers on April 7, 2023, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services from TransUnion.

Maine clockDiscovered Feb 27, 2023Filed with AG May 1, 202363d ME AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing
AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 45 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Jan 13, 2023

Begins

Feb 27, 2023

Discovered

May 1, 2023

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGApr 7 · first
Vermont State AGApr 7 · first
Maine State AG+24d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 7 (IN), last May 9 (NH) — a 32-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.