MalwareAgriculture & FoodAgricultureRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Pitman Farms

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 15, 2022

Filed

Nov 8, 2022

To disclose

24 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pitman Farms →3 incidents on file

Pitman Farms notified the California Attorney General of a ransomware attack occurring on October 15-16, 2022. An unauthorized party asserted access to and potential copying of files containing names, Social Security Numbers, addresses, and bank account numbers. The company engaged a cybersecurity firm, notified law enforcement, and implemented enhanced security protocols. The notice was sent to residents of California, Utah, and Idaho.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 days

Oct 15, 2022

Begins

Oct 15, 2022

Discovered

Nov 8, 2022

Filed

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

Name: Pitman Farms
norm: pitman farms
Domain: pitmanfarms.com

Name: Pitman Farms
norm: pitman farms
Domain: pitmanfarms.com
Industry: Agriculture & Foodllm

Discovered: Oct 15, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 15, 2022 – Oct 16, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Immediately began to investigate
Engaged a cybersecurity firm
Took measures to address the incident and restore operations
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance existing security protocols to prevent any such future attacks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-559047
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 8, 2022
Raw hash: d8f066f685b4b21fe5a36f75fb47872eaceccf53149d762e211f986bc0f37969

Reporting entityPitman Farms

Victim entityPitman Farms

Incidentdiscovered Oct 15, 2022

Stated responseImmediately began to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov