HackingManufacturingManufacturingStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Fieldale Farms

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 22, 2021

Filed

May 21, 2021

To disclose

29 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Fieldale Farms →

Fieldale Farms Corporation notified Montana residents of a data security incident where an unauthorized party accessed systems between Feb 21 and Mar 25, 2021. Personal info including SSNs, DOBs, and financial account data may have been exposed. Fieldale engaged forensic investigators, hardened systems, and offered identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 60 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Feb 21, 2021

Begins

Apr 22, 2021

Discovered

May 21, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Fieldale Farms
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Name: Fieldale Farms
norm: fieldale farms
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Apr 22, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 21, 2021 – Mar 25, 2021
Undetected for: 60 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a third-party forensics firm to investigate the incident and assist with remediation efforts
Enhanced security and monitoring
Hardened systems
Offering 12 months of identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Enhanced security and monitoring
Hardened systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Fieldale-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 21, 2021
Raw hash: dfb0f0e87e2b0d1e82580ccfbad019458810f700cd1d4e606c078ab52b0b8719

Reporting entityFieldale Farms

Victim entityFieldale Farms

Incidentdiscovered Apr 22, 2021

Stated responseEngaged a third-party forensics firm to investigate the incident and assist with remediation efforts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov