HackingManufacturingRetail & ConsumerManufacturingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Delayed DiscoveryData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIHighResolved

Bridgford Foods Corporation

bd_38cdc25fb3e6f683 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 14, 2020

Filed

Oct 22, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,3773 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Bridgford Foods Corporation →

Bridgford Foods Corporation reported a data breach affecting 1,377 individuals due to an incident at a third-party vendor. The breach occurred on July 25, 2020, and was discovered on September 14, 2020. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on October 22, 2020, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through Experian.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Maine clockDiscovered Sep 14, 2020 → Filed with AG Oct 22, 202038d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 51 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Jul 25, 2020

Begins

Sep 14, 2020

Discovered

Oct 22, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Indiana State AGbd_7a1401dcf93c6fa32020-10-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f344abe76dd212d92020-10-22Verified
Montana State AGbd_feb7b69e9ff90e5f2020-10-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_1da437ede0710a672020-10-26 · +4dVerified

Name: Bridgford Foods Corporation
norm: bridgford foods

Name: Bridgford Foods Corporation
norm: bridgford foods
Industry: ManufacturingllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 14, 2020
Breach occurred: Jul 25, 2020
Undetected for: 51 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 22, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,377state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: Partner
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Provided written notification to affected consumers.
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity restoration services through Experian.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 38d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 14, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Oct 22, 2020
38d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 14, 2020 → Filed with AG: Oct 22, 2020	38d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGOct 22 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 22 · first

Montana State AGOct 22 · first

Maine State AGOct 22 · first · this page

New Hampshire 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/db012663-0d92-4142-b43e-5ba70b41e6e2.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 22, 2020
Raw hash: 1c62a99cf7fcd5cbb9b635e5b3c81dc6a68e348bc9a89d1c6b985264150ce766

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBridgford Foods Corporation

Victim entityBridgford Foods Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Sep 14, 2020

Stated responseProvided written notification to affected consumers.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov