HackingOtherStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Performance Food Group, Inc.

bd_528beb465ca4d8d1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 20, 2018

Filed

Sep 21, 2018

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

548state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Performance Food Group, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Performance Food Group, Inc. notified employees of a data breach affecting the PFG Customized segment. Unauthorized access to email accounts occurred via a configuration vulnerability in the remote access app, potentially dating back to 2011. Affected data likely included names, addresses, SSNs, and driver's license numbers. PFG engaged the FBI, reset passwords, and offered 12 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2788 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Jan 1, 2011

Begins

Aug 20, 2018

Discovered

Sep 21, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9710ccb2b2b3150b2018-09-21Verified

Name: Performance Food Group, Inc.
norm: performance food
Domain: pfgc.com

Name: Performance Food Group, Inc.
norm: performance food
Domain: pfgc.com
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Aug 20, 2018
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2011 – Aug 20, 2018
Undetected for: 2,788 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 19, 2018
Affected individuals: 548state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement and have been working with the FBI and local law enforcement to investigate this incident
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified law enforcement and have been working with the FBI and local law enforcement to investigate this incident
Made changes to the remote access system to prevent further unauthorized access
Required all employees to update their passwords
Changes made: Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 12 months at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 21 · first

South Carolina State AGSep 21 · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2018/PerformanceFoodGroupInc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 21, 2018
Raw hash: e807ce43e1bfa117ae33b5a0cc90f63dbfa4307f5b21de6df66553d6f28550a4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPerformance Food Group, Inc.

Victim entityPerformance Food Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 20, 2018

Stated responseNotified law enforcement and have been working with the FBI and local law enforcement to investigate this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov