HackingAgriculture & FoodAgricultureCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Farmer Brothers Company

bd_557b222edc9b4bbd · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 14, 2025

Filed

Sep 9, 2025

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Farmer Brothers Company →2 incidents on file

Farmer Brothers Company notified California residents of unauthorized access to archived files between March 6 and March 14, 2025. The company identified indications of potential unauthorized access on March 14, 2025. Personal information involved includes basic identity data. The company secured systems, reported to law enforcement, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 14, 2025 → Notified Sep 9, 2025179d ✗ CA 60-day late26 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 179 days

Mar 6, 2025

Begins

Mar 14, 2025

Discovered

Sep 9, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_2346ff290be14cdb2025-09-09Verified
Oregon State AGbd_4bcd2385a0817f7d2025-09-09Candidate
Nebraska State AGbd_7a93c640411fc20b2025-09-09Verified
Maine State AGbd_a19ba8de6f2b3f9b2025-09-09Verified by operator

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Montana State AGbd_bf5d5f7c554e3c442025-09-09Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_cf064c1fa318e4872025-09-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d19f1c0203deb1242025-09-09Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ff0874b846405f0e2025-09-09Verified
Washington State AGbd_611ab6b8e533b4542025-09-10 · +1dVerified by operator
Texas State AGbd_6975b4edc70a99852025-09-10 · +1dVerified

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Name: Farmer Brothers Company
norm: farmer brothers
Domain: farmerbros.com

Name: Farmer Brothers Company
norm: farmer brothers
Domain: farmerbros.com
Industry: Agriculture & Foodllm

Discovered: Mar 14, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 6, 2025 – Mar 14, 2025
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 9, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this event to federal law enforcement

During the incident: Promptly launched an extensive investigation to determine the nature and scope of the event
Worked quickly to secure our systems
Reported this event to federal law enforcement and supported their investigation
Began an extensive review of the impacted files to determine if any sensitive information could be affected
Reviewed our existing policies and procedures and added additional administrative safeguards
Changes made: Offering twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(179 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 179d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Mar 14, 2025
→ Notified: Sep 9, 2025
179d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 14, 2025 → Notified: Sep 9, 2025	179d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Vermont State AGSep 9 · first

Oregon State AGSep 9 · first

Nebraska State AGSep 9 · first

Maine State AGSep 9 · first

Montana State AGSep 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 9 · first

Indiana State AGSep 9 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 9 · first

California State AGSep 9 · first · this page

Washington State AG+1d

Texas State AG+1d

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-608356
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 9, 2025
Raw hash: d9c773cde902d1cff3f361b26c6b39f6966aa9241b2311b53ad0ad236af2f93e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFarmer Brothers Company

Victim entityFarmer Brothers Company

Incidentdiscovered Mar 14, 2025

Stated responsePromptly launched an extensive investigation to determine the nature and scope of the event

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov