HackingAgriculture & FoodAgricultureData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIILowContained

Hertz Farm Management

bd_401328525761e9e9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 29, 2025

Filed

Dec 9, 2025

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hertz Farm Management →

Hertz Farm Management Inc. experienced a network disruption on June 29, 2025, during which an unauthorized party exfiltrated data on July 3, 2025. The company disconnected its network, reset passwords, and engaged forensic investigators. A review concluded on November 7, 2025, confirming sensitive personal information was taken. No fraud has been reported. Affected individuals are offered credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday23 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 163 days

Jun 29, 2025

Begins

Jun 29, 2025

Discovered

Dec 9, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by akira about this victim predates this filing by 167 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteakirabd_620c53a5b26712a92025-06-29 · +163dVerified by operator
Leak Siteakirabd_37246cffba6d7ada2025-06-25 · +167dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Iowa State AGbd_7160e8351f0d526e2025-12-09Candidate
Nebraska State AGbd_c20dd3d4ae54e3522025-12-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d0808740f53b75d62025-12-09Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_d1f1e5b491e1efae2025-12-09Verified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 6d gap

Maine State AGbd_f88960bda229a2a32025-12-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1e03e702fcac5e332025-12-10 · +1dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_982bad4979fbb6c02025-12-15 · +6dVerified

Name: Hertz Farm Management
norm: hertz farm management
Domain: hertz.ag

Name: Hertz Farm Management
norm: hertz farm management
Domain: hertz.ag
Industry: Agriculture & Foodllm

Discovered: Jun 29, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 29, 2025 – Jul 3, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 9, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PII
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to federal law enforcement

During the incident: Disconnected our network from the internet
Partnered with professionals to perform an investigation into the event
Reset user passwords
Reported the incident to federal law enforcement
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through HaystackID
Changes made: Reviewing the existing security controls and policies & procedures we have in place to remain resilient against future threats
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(163 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Iowa State AGDec 9 · first

Nebraska State AGDec 9 · first

Indiana State AGDec 9 · first

Montana State AGDec 9 · first

Maine State AGDec 9 · first

Vermont State AGDec 9 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 9 (IA), last Dec 15 (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/2025-12-09-hertz-farm-management-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 9, 2025
Raw hash: 40ec3783467a47fdd6bbd0cda5a663b31c2ff2f62089df2db1ee4266486d7832

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHertz Farm Management

Victim entityHertz Farm Management

Incidentdiscovered Jun 29, 2025

Stated responseDisconnected our network from the internet

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov