HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

B&G Foods, Inc.

bd_47973f52580ab522 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 12, 2023

Filed

Sep 11, 2023

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for B&G Foods, Inc. →

B&G Foods, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident occurring between January 23 and February 7, 2023. An unauthorized third party gained access to systems via indiscriminate cyber-attacks, accessing employee data files containing personal information. B&G discovered the intrusion on February 12, 2023. The breach affected 3 New Hampshire residents. B&G engaged third-party experts, notified law enforcement, implemented MFA, and offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d30 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 · 20 days

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 211 days

Jan 23, 2023

Begins

Feb 12, 2023

Discovered

Sep 11, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

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

A leak claim by daixin about this victim predates this filing by 211 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitedaixinbd_c92265254e9e3c212023-02-11 · +211dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1ea1181616384a152023-09-11Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_e784507c1ab084e12023-09-11Verified

Name: B&G Foods, Inc.
norm: b g foods
Domain: bgfoods.com

Name: B&G Foods, Inc.
norm: b g foods
Domain: bgfoods.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 12, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 23, 2023 – Feb 7, 2023
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 11, 2023
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took immediate action to review this incident and secure its systems
Working with third party experts to determine the nature and scope of the unauthorized access
Notified law enforcement
Informed all current employees, on March 5, 2023, that their personal information had likely been affected
Offered free credit monitoring
Notify affected individuals by mail on or about September 11, 2023
Provide identity theft monitoring services from Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to help further protect against this type of incident going forward
Hiring new IT staff
Implementing MFA
Upgrading software and physical systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(211 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 11 · first

Maine State AGSep 11 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 11 · first · 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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/b-g-foods-20230911.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 11, 2023
Raw hash: 62d6aca4714ddd3653f6bb5812784cda343319cc00ff356ad62c5fa620942f47

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityB&G Foods, Inc.

Victim entityB&G Foods, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 12, 2023

Stated responseTook immediate action to review this incident and secure its systems

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov