MalwareManufacturingManufacturingRansomwareCapture Stored DataData EncryptedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

KEN'S FOODS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 17, 2021

Filed

Jun 28, 2021

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

28state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for KEN'S FOODS, INC. →

Ken’s Foods, Inc. experienced a ransomware incident in March 2021, discovered on March 17, 2021. The attack involved data encryption and potential exfiltration of names and Social Security numbers. 28 New Hampshire residents were affected. The company engaged forensic experts, secured its environment, and implemented remediation measures including MFA and advanced threat detection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 16 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 103 days

Mar 1, 2021

Begins

Mar 17, 2021

Discovered

Jun 28, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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_eb2d5bdc5ad647442021-07-01 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_61e822481f7a1b1d2021-06-25 · +3dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_2e3cbec71c38f5962021-06-23 · +5dVerified

Name: Ken’s Foods, Inc.
norm: ken's foods

Name: KEN'S FOODS, INC.
norm: ken s foods
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Mar 17, 2021
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2021 – Mar 31, 2021
Undetected for: 16 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 23, 2021
Affected individuals: 28state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure its environment
Launched an investigation with the assistance of leading independent digital forensics and cybersecurity experts
Undertook a review of the affected data
Issued notification letters to the twenty-eight (28) New Hampshire residents via first-class U.S. mail
Changes made: Deployment of an advanced threat detection tool with twenty-four hour active monitoring by a cybersecurity operations team
Resetting all user passwords within the environment
Enabling two factor authentication across all access points
Implementing secure air-gapped storage for all sensitive files and data
Developing an aggressive cyber-security training initiative
Offering the potentially affected individuals three-bureau credit monitoring, identity protection services, and identity theft insurance at no cost through Experian’s IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(103 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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Indiana State AGJun 23 · first

Maine State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Jun 23 (IN), last Jul 1 (MA) — a 8-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/kens-food-20210628.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 28, 2021
Raw hash: 1adffc29c099819c001bc0045e3329536372c72aa19fe137b13f0ed3cc26c782

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKen’s Foods, Inc.

Victim entityKEN'S FOODS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 17, 2021

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure its environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov