HackingTransportation & LogisticsTransportationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

EMPIRE Distribution Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 7, 2025

Filed

Sep 26, 2025

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for EMPIRE Distribution Inc. →2 incidents on file

EMPIRE Distribution Inc. disclosed a cyber incident where an unknown third party accessed internal systems. The breach occurred on November 17, 2024, but was not discovered until July 7, 2025. Affected data may include names, Social Security numbers, and bank account numbers. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, notified federal law enforcement, and is offering two years of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 7, 2025 → Notified Sep 25, 202580d ✗ CA 60-day late12 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 232 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 81 days

Nov 17, 2024

Begins

Jul 7, 2025

Discovered

Sep 26, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_9b7753225c6a77892025-09-26Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_020c3b5bcc3121422025-09-30 · +4dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_3162e72c47adb9ff2025-08-29 · +28dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_aee626f5c0a1058a2025-08-29 · +28dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_c20c84711159dc9e2025-08-29 · +28dVerified

Name: EMPIRE Distribution Inc.
norm: empire distribution

Name: EMPIRE Distribution Inc.
norm: empire distribution
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Jul 7, 2025
Breach occurred: Nov 17, 2024
Undetected for: 232 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 25, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Informed federal law enforcement of this incident

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged cybersecurity experts and external consultants to help investigate the incident and assess its impact
Informed federal law enforcement of this incident
Arranged for complimentary two-year credit monitoring service through IDX
Changes made: Taken steps to investigate, assess, and improve the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(81 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 80d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jul 7, 2025
→ Notified: Sep 25, 2025
80d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 7, 2025 → Notified: Sep 25, 2025	80d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGAug 29 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 29 · first

Indiana State AGAug 29 · first

Maine State AG+28d

California State AG+28d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+32d

Pattern: first filing Aug 29 (VT), last Sep 30 (NH) — a 32-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/sb24-610597
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 26, 2025
Raw hash: 02abcfd778b9834d4a8ec9bb2e7b56c347591f7b1b01e888b6b8ea016f4f291e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEMPIRE Distribution Inc.

Victim entityEMPIRE Distribution Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 7, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov