MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Great Plains Beef Company

bd_6157707fbecdbe3c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 1, 2021

Filed

May 4, 2022

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Great Plains Beef Company →

Great Plains Beef Company (GPB) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on May 4, 2022, of a data security incident discovered on October 1, 2021. GPB's computer systems were encrypted by an unauthorized individual, constituting a ransomware attack. The incident impacted one New Hampshire resident, exposing names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and financial account information. GPB engaged forensic experts, enhanced network security, increased password complexity, and offered one year of complimentary credit and identity monitoring through Experian to the affected individual.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 215 days

Oct 1, 2021

Discovered

May 4, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+23 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_b6234a2e2276b8b22022-05-04Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_c18181b4acbf28592022-05-04Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_78f5230ab5bdfb622022-05-05 · +1dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Great Plains Beef Company
norm: great plains beef
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 1, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 4, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged computer forensic experts
Sent notification letter to New Hampshire resident via first-class U.S. mail
Offered credit and identity monitoring at no cost through Experian
Changes made: Working with leading cybersecurity experts to enhance the security of its network
Increasing its password complexity requirements
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(215 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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Montana State AGMay 4 · first

Indiana State AGMay 4 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 4 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/great-plains-beef-20220504.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 4, 2022
Raw hash: 8a94f277ac557714385d2181c0af482ba27068625a49380a063700b8159e4d69

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityGreat Plains Beef Company

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2021

Stated responseEngaged computer forensic experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov