HackingAgriculture & FoodAgricultureData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Rio Farms, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 4, 2024

Filed

Dec 29, 2025

To disclose

13 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Rio Farms, LLC →

Rio Farms, LLC notified the California Attorney General of an unauthorized access incident. Between November 28 and December 4, 2024, certain files were downloaded without authorization from Rio Farms' network. The company became aware of suspicious activity on December 4, 2024. The affected data included names and other personal information. Rio Farms engaged third-party forensic specialists, secured its network, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals. The incident is contained.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 4, 2024 → Notified Dec 29, 202425d ✓ CA 60-day OK13 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 390 days

Nov 28, 2024

Begins

Dec 4, 2024

Discovered

Dec 29, 2025

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

Nebraska State AGbd_7b7fdc6e0a070c562025-12-29Verified

Name: Rio Farms, LLC
norm: rio farms

Name: Rio Farms, LLC
norm: rio farms
Industry: Agriculture & Foodllm

Discovered: Dec 4, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 28, 2024 – Dec 4, 2024
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 29, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network
Initiated a comprehensive investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Conducted a time-intensive and comprehensive review of the files to identify sensitive information
Implementing additional security measures to further protect against similar incidents occurring in the future
Offering 12 months of Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge through Cyberscout
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures to further protect against similar incidents occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(390 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 25d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Dec 4, 2024
→ Notified: Dec 29, 2024
25d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 4, 2024 → Notified: Dec 29, 2024	25d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Nebraska State AGDec 29 · first

California State AGDec 29 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-616349
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 29, 2025
Raw hash: e2b180b7485ba95adfb6fc3fa8d4631155d025a6c8b7509781b990c464308a96

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRio Farms, LLC

Victim entityRio Farms, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 4, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov