MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

CASE FARMS, L.L.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 6, 2020

Filed

Jan 28, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for CASE FARMS, L.L.C. →

Case Farms Processing, Inc. and affiliates notified Montana residents of a December 6, 2020 ransomware attack. Hackers encrypted data and prevented access. Data potentially included names, SSNs, and driver's licenses. No bank account info involved. Company contained the breach, engaged forensic and legal counsel, and offered 12 months of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Dec 6, 2020

Begins

Dec 6, 2020

Discovered

Jan 28, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: CASE FARMS, L.L.C.
norm: case farms

Name: CASE FARMS, L.L.C.
norm: case farms
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Dec 6, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 6, 2020 – Dec 6, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 28, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Alerting law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Identifying the malware variant used and preventing its spread throughout the company’s network
Securing the portions of the company’s network not accessed or encrypted by the hackers and migrating that data to a new network
Alerting law enforcement
Engaging cybersecurity professionals to help the company contain and resolve the breach
Engaging cybersecurity attorneys to advise the company of its legal and ethical obligations
Changes made: Upgraded its network infrastructure
Strengthened its security software
Plans to review, modify, and implement as needed, enhanced cybersecurity policies and protocols
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/Case-notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 28, 2021
Raw hash: b31d5078a70f59c688ff396c673fcb33c8e400cfb16d5e929106329a494bdcef

Reporting entityCASE FARMS, L.L.C.

Victim entityCASE FARMS, L.L.C.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 6, 2020

Stated responseIdentifying the malware variant used and preventing its spread throughout the company’s network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov