Social EngineeringPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Tate's Wholesale, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 21, 2021

Filed

Jan 11, 2022

To disclose

21 days

Affected · nationwide

301 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

75%

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Tate's Wholesale, LLC experienced a data breach on November 24, 2021, which was discovered on December 21, 2021. The breach was caused by a phishing incident that led to unauthorized access through impersonation. The compromised information includes names and Social Security Numbers. One resident of Maine was affected, and the company offered two years of identity theft protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 21, 2021 → Filed with AG Jan 11, 202221d ✓ ME AG ≤30d21 days 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 · 27 days

discovery → filing · 21 days

Nov 24, 2021

Begins

Dec 21, 2021

Discovered

Jan 11, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5c7672df7eb2e62f2022-01-11Verified

Name: Tate's Wholesale, LLC
norm: tate s wholesale

Name: Tate's Wholesale, LLC
norm: tate s wholesale

Discovered: Dec 21, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 24, 2021
Undetected for: 27 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 11, 2022
Affected individuals: 30state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing

Changes made: Offered 2 years of credit monitoring and surveillance services through Experian IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 21d
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: Dec 21, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Jan 11, 2022
21d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 21, 2021 → Filed with AG: Jan 11, 2022	21d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJan 11 · first

Maine State AGJan 11 · first · 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/b2578429-2094-43d4-9976-556216d7d641.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 11, 2022
Raw hash: 9adbf1817f7a191d5409059587dd603c6d40e309c8a4a3e1c3448ab733f145e2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTate's Wholesale, LLC

Victim entityTate's Wholesale, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 21, 2021

Stated responseOffered 2 years of credit monitoring and surveillance services through Experian IdentityWorks

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov