MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighActive

Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc.

bd_6c917305f2f9db22 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 12, 2020

Filed

Jan 4, 2021

To disclose

23 days

Affected · nationwide

8,8461,661 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc. →

Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc. reported a ransomware incident discovered on Dec 12, 2020. Attackers encrypted servers and exfiltrated employee PII (SSNs, DOBs). 1,661 WA residents and 8,846 total individuals affected. Notices sent Jan 11, 2021. Forensics engaged; systems restored and upgraded.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d23 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 days

Dec 12, 2020

Begins

Dec 12, 2020

Discovered

Jan 4, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_1c825fb2a0fb06da2021-01-04Candidate
California State AGbd_391c05beaa5eb8302021-01-04Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4953997fac76f1c42021-01-04Verified
Oregon State AGbd_5b358d0166f9c2422021-01-04Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_23a6c6a127867ae12021-01-11 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_992254be15706f372021-01-11 · +7dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_aeec1585746b4f562021-01-11 · +7dVerified

Name: Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc.
norm: peter pan seafoods

Name: Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc.
norm: peter pan seafoods
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 12, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 12, 2020 – Dec 26, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 11, 2021
Affected individuals: 8,846state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged reputable forensics and information technology service providers to assess the extent of the attack
Began restoring its systems
Conducted a forensic investigation
Hired reputable, third-party forensics and information technology services providers to help with investigation and remediation
Changes made: Upgraded its systems and security measures during restoration
Continues to implement additional security measures
Implemented new security measures consistent with those service providers’ recommendations to mitigate the possibility of future incidents
Offering a complimentary two-year membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Maine State AGJan 4 · first

California State AGJan 4 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 4 · first

Oregon State AGJan 4 · first

Washington State AGJan 4 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Montana State AG+7d

Indiana State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jan 4 (ME), last Jan 11 (IN) — a 7-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10381.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 4, 2021
Raw hash: ead88000f09c8fcc594e0d51c9072759fb28570e874219b86ffb16a8963f8048

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPeter Pan Seafoods, Inc.

Victim entityPeter Pan Seafoods, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 12, 2020

Stated responseEngaged reputable forensics and information technology service providers to assess the extent of the attack

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com