Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Nature's Way Brands, LLC

bd_5d24e430d5067541 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 20, 2020

Filed

Mar 27, 2020

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Nature's Way Brands, LLC →

Nature’s Way Brands, LLC notified Montana and other state regulators of a phishing incident where an unknown actor gained access to employee email accounts. The investigation confirmed that personal information (names, addresses) of some individuals was present in affected accounts. Nature’s Way reset passwords, engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 67 days

Jan 20, 2020

Discovered

Mar 27, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_c2d5695f54bcf7842020-03-27Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e0217932ffb9cfec2020-03-27Verified

Name: Nature's Way Brands, LLC
norm: nature s way brands

Name: Nature's Way Brands, LLC
norm: nature s way brands
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jan 20, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 27, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcementNotifying relevant state and federal regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an internal investigation
Engaged third party forensic investigators
Resetting relevant account passwords
Reviewed the contents of the accounts
Notified law enforcement
Notifying relevant state and federal regulators
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services for 24 months through Experian
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies, procedures and existing security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(67 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGMar 27 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 27 · first

Montana State AGMar 27 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/doc-25.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 27, 2020
Raw hash: 68bfc876d8e50bd51b78b458501fddf46f9c7126ed55cd48f2ac51aa9d13caa2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNature's Way Brands, LLC

Victim entityNature's Way Brands, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 20, 2020

Stated responseBegan an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov