HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

EMPIRE Distribution Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 7, 2025

Filed

Aug 29, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for EMPIRE Distribution Inc. →2 incidents on file

EMPIRE Distribution Inc. notified Nebraska residents (and others) of a July 7, 2025 cyber incident where an unknown third party accessed internal systems. Affected data included names, SSNs, and bank account numbers. The company engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered two years of credit monitoring via IDX.

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Incident timeline

Jul 7, 2025

Discovered

Aug 29, 2025

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_3162e72c47adb9ff2025-08-29Verified
Indiana State AGbd_c20c84711159dc9e2025-08-29Verified
California State AGbd_6a44767cad24fcf72025-09-26 · +28dVerified
Maine State AGbd_9b7753225c6a77892025-09-26 · +28dCandidate

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New Hampshire State AGbd_020c3b5bcc3121422025-09-30 · +32dVerified

Name: EMPIRE Distribution Inc.
norm: empire distribution

Name: EMPIRE Distribution Inc.
norm: empire distribution
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jul 7, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 29, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Informed federal law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts and external consultants
Informed federal law enforcement
Arranged for complimentary two-year credit monitoring service
Engaged IDX to provide Identity Protection Services
Changes made: Investigated, assessed, and improved the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGAug 29 · first

Indiana State AGAug 29 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 29 · first · this page

California State AG+28d

Maine State AG+28d

New Hampshire State AG+32d

Pattern: first filing Aug 29 (VT), last Sep 30 (NH) — a 32-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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/4caf34f2-82d9-4c03-90da-98816951b863.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 29, 2025
Raw hash: 59bfc6672775acd66508b57a8f11578402c373aac761cb121699905910f872f0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEMPIRE Distribution Inc.

Victim entityEMPIRE Distribution Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 7, 2025

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts and external consultants

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov