HackingManufacturingRetail & ConsumerManufacturingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsCredentialsMediumContained

The Hershey Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 1, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Hershey Company →2 incidents on file

The Hershey Company experienced unauthorized access to a limited number of email accounts between September 3 and 4, 2023. The incident may have exposed personal information including names, SSNs, health info, and financial data. Hershey blocked access, engaged forensics, and offered 24 months of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Sep 3, 2023

Begins

Dec 1, 2023

Filed

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

Maine State AGbd_c75b9d05902bdbdb2023-12-01Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_cb734f4b4252d9d42023-12-01Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b06b5c2cd4bea4852023-12-07 · +6dVerified

Name: The Hershey Company
norm: the hershey
Domain: thehersheycompany.com

Name: The Hershey Company
norm: the hershey
Domain: thehersheycompany.com
Industry: ManufacturingllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Sep 3, 2023 – Sep 4, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 1, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsCredentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Worked to block the unauthorized user’s access
Confirmed that the affected Hershey accounts were no longer in use by the unauthorized user
Worked with multiple third parties, including a forensic provider, in investigating the incident
Changes made: Enhanced our data security measures to prevent the occurrence of a similar event in the future
Forced password changes
Additional detection safeguards to our corporate email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGDec 1 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 1 · first

Vermont State AGDec 1 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 1 (ME), last Dec 7 (NH) — a 6-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.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-12-01-hershey-company-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 1, 2023
Raw hash: 610732ae5f570fa413f7b44d36ed136e7ab570f52d0d27eb40bc626b876b81fd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Hershey Company

Victim entityThe Hershey Company

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseWorked to block the unauthorized user’s access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov