HackingAgriculture & FoodAgricultureData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

COLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 15, 2022

Filed

Nov 23, 2022

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,7101 in this filing

Linked

6 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for COLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL, LLC →

Columbia Grain International, LLC reported an external system breach affecting 3,710 individuals. The incident occurred on March 21, 2022, and was discovered on August 15, 2022. Compromised data included names combined with financial account or debit/credit card numbers and their security codes, access codes, or PINs. The company notified affected individuals in writing on November 23, 2022, and offered 12 months of identity protection services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 15, 2022 → Filed with AG Nov 23, 2022100d ⏱ ME AG >30d14 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 147 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 100 days

Mar 21, 2022

Begins

Aug 15, 2022

Discovered

Nov 23, 2022

Filed

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

A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim was first seen 127 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_27fd05090a92f9972022-07-19 · +127dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_7b47cfe471642d2f2022-11-23Verified
Oregon State AGbd_87a68cc0c0457fe72022-11-23Verified
Indiana State AGbd_8a9f0aaaf5126d542022-11-23Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_ee846739015ea17e2022-11-22 · +1dVerified by operator

Name: COLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL, LLC
norm: columbia grain
Domain: columbiagrain.com

Name: COLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL, LLC
norm: columbia grain
Domain: columbiagrain.com
Industry: Agriculture & Foodllm

Discovered: Aug 15, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 21, 2022
Undetected for: 147 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 3,710state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(100 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 100dLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 15, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Nov 23, 2022
100d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 15, 2022 → Filed with AG: Nov 23, 2022	100d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGNov 22 · first

Montana State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Maine 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f7fcc0ee-1648-41a5-84c7-541d7d81cc3a.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 23, 2022
Raw hash: 45f10235b4b0bc899c725f252d0fe6505061a19de6c9f87049cb75dabb7a8979

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCOLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL, LLC

Victim entityCOLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 15, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov