HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

FERRARA CANDY COMPANY

bd_564e4d738664e0e8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 9, 2021

Filed

Apr 29, 2022

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for FERRARA CANDY COMPANY →

Ferrara Candy Company notified affected individuals of a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized actor accessed the network and removed files between October 2 and October 9, 2021. The company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered Equifax credit monitoring. Data potentially involved included names and other personal information.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 202 days

Oct 2, 2021

Begins

Oct 9, 2021

Discovered

Apr 29, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

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

Indiana State AGbd_3b1ee658c2f9303c2022-04-29Verified
Maine State AGbd_e83f5678ac4d41a72022-04-29Verified
Illinois State AGbd_558aa57a361219ed2022-01-01 · +118dCandidate

Name: FERRARA CANDY COMPANY
norm: ferrara candy

Name: FERRARA CANDY COMPANY
norm: ferrara candy
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 9, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 2, 2021 – Oct 9, 2021
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying regulatory authorities as required by law
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an in-depth investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Notified law enforcement
Notifying regulatory authorities
Arranged to have Equifax provide credit monitoring services
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(202 days from discovery to filing)
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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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+118d

Maine State AG+118d

Montana State AG+118d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Apr 29 (MT) — a 118-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-336.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 29, 2022
Raw hash: 06d51c0162c7b1280ea89353459fe52a90d46df73df10d38689ee4adc5b38894

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFERRARA CANDY COMPANY

Victim entityFERRARA CANDY COMPANY

Incidentdiscovered Oct 9, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an in-depth investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov