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HackingAgriculture & FoodAgricultureCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Dole Food Company, Inc.

bd_595338b7602ee9ac · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 5, 2023

Filed

Jun 21, 2023

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1scope not determined

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Dole Food Company, Inc.

Dole plc reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, stating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred on February 10, 2023. The breach was discovered on May 5, 2023, and affected approximately 3,885 U.S. residents, including one resident of Maine. The compromised information includes names or other personal identifiers in combination with Social Security numbers. Dole is offering one year of identity theft protection services through Equifax ID Watchdog to affected individuals.

Maine clockDiscovered May 5, 2023Filed with AG Jun 21, 202347d ME AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing
AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 84 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Feb 10, 2023

Begins

May 5, 2023

Discovered

Jun 21, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGJun 21 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 21 (ME), last Jul 2 (CA) — a 11-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.