HackingManufacturingManufacturingVulnerability ExploitStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Refresco Beverages U.S. Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 14, 2023

Filed

Nov 14, 2023

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Refresco Beverages U.S. Inc. →

Refresco Beverages US Inc. notified the NH AG of a cyber incident discovered on May 14, 2023, involving unauthorized third-party access to its North American network. The breach affected approximately 9 current/former employees and dependents in NH. Data potentially included PII and government IDs. Refresco engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and provided 2 years of credit monitoring and fraud services to victims.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 184 days

May 14, 2023

Begins

May 14, 2023

Discovered

Nov 14, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4689d36ec450d1022023-11-15 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_eae7308d9f9376192023-11-09 · +5dCandidate
California State AGbd_f6d8a1941f56a0ef2023-11-09 · +5dVerified

Name: Refresco Beverages U.S. Inc.
norm: refresco beverages us

Name: Refresco Beverages U.S. Inc.
norm: refresco beverages us
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: May 14, 2023
Breach occurred: May 14, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 9, 2023
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Notified the appropriate state regulatory authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Brought in a highly regarded forensic investigation firm
Engaged experienced legal counsel
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Provided information to assist the FBI with its investigation
Notified impacted individuals
Offered mitigation services
Secured its network
Changes made: Implemented additional hardware and software security protections and protocols
Offered two years of free credit monitoring with all three credit bureaus through TransUnion
Provided proactive fraud assistance, identity theft and fraud resolution services through Cyberscout
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(184 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGNov 9 · first

California State AGNov 9 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Nov 9 (ME), last Nov 15 (MA) — a 6-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/refresco-beverages-us-20231114.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 14, 2023
Raw hash: cff0cc547b93e074410b738eaac8cb273caa52a418ca6019b3a53af18e96c6ac

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRefresco Beverages U.S. Inc.

Victim entityRefresco Beverages U.S. Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 14, 2023

Stated responseBrought in a highly regarded forensic investigation firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov