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MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIMediumContained

CHARTER FOODS, INC.

bd_8292b920e2e4568c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 27, 2023

Filed

May 9, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

3,990state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for CHARTER FOODS, INC.

Charter Foods, Inc. (including Charter Foods North, LLC and Charter Central, LLC) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a criminal ransomware attack. The incident occurred between January 11-13, 2023, and was discovered on February 27, 2023. The attack potentially impacted PII for 3,990 New Hampshire residents. Notices were sent to affected individuals on April 7, 2023. Charter Foods implemented security enhancements including new firewalls, EDR software, and encrypted backups, and offered credit monitoring services.

Incident timeline

undetected · 47 days
discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

Jan 11, 2023

Begins

Feb 27, 2023

Discovered

May 9, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGApr 7 · first
Vermont State AGApr 7 · first
New Hampshire State AG+32d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 7 (IN), last May 9 (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.