MalwareAgriculture & FoodAgricultureRansomwareCapture Stored DataData EncryptedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

WinStar Farm, LLC

bd_68694fdeb15f9fed · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 15, 2024

Filed

Nov 12, 2024

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for WinStar Farm, LLC →

WinStar Farm LLC notified two New Hampshire residents of a cybersecurity incident discovered on July 15, 2024. An unauthorized third party accessed systems, encrypted files, and potentially viewed or took personal information. The company engaged law enforcement, restored systems, and is offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 120 days

Jul 15, 2024

Begins

Jul 15, 2024

Discovered

Nov 12, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_3ea44066f7828dd32024-11-11 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_6f68650aaae2fed92024-11-11 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dbca8b318bc60a512024-11-11 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_dfdac2f06ab9afd12024-11-11 · +1dVerified

Name: WinStar Farm, LLC
norm: winstar farm

Name: WinStar Farm, LLC
norm: winstar farm
Industry: Agriculture & Foodllm

Discovered: Jul 15, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 15, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 11, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators, as necessary

During the incident: Initiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Worked to restore any impacted systems
Notified local and federal law enforcement regarding the event
Providing access to credit monitoring services for individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one’s credit file
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(120 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGNov 11 · first

Indiana State AGNov 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 11 · first

Vermont State AGNov 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/winstar-farm-20241112.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 12, 2024
Raw hash: 6a27daaaeae4bfe572dc12c490b7416940a75cfe4d0e05f55c931ce54c6372d3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWinStar Farm, LLC

Victim entityWinStar Farm, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 15, 2024

Stated responseInitiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov