HackingRetail & ConsumerManufacturingRetailStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)CredentialsMinorMediumResolved

The Hershey Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 3, 2023

Filed

Dec 7, 2023

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Hershey Company →2 incidents on file

The Hershey Company experienced unauthorized access to a limited number of corporate email accounts between September 3 and 4, 2023. The incident potentially affected approximately 1 New Hampshire resident. Accessed data may have included names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's license numbers, health information, and financial account details. Hershey terminated access, engaged forensic investigators, and implemented password resets and enhanced detection safeguards.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 95 days

Sep 3, 2023

Begins

Sep 3, 2023

Discovered

Dec 7, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 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

Vermont State AGbd_3f641e1fa342eece2023-12-01 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_c75b9d05902bdbdb2023-12-01 · +6dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_cb734f4b4252d9d42023-12-01 · +6dVerified

Name: The Hershey Company
norm: the hershey
Domain: thehersheycompany.com

Name: The Hershey Company
norm: the hershey
Domain: thehersheycompany.com
Industry: Retail & ConsumerllmManufacturingllm

Discovered: Sep 3, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 3, 2023 – Sep 4, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 1, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)CredentialsMinor
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began investigating the incident with the assistance of a forensic provider
Terminated the unauthorized access
Worked to block the unauthorized user’s access
Confirmed that the affected Hershey accounts were no longer in use by the unauthorized user
Worked with multiple third parties, including a forensic provider, in investigating the incident
Changes made: Implemented forced password changes
Implemented additional detection safeguards to our corporate email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(95 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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Vermont State AGDec 1 · first

Maine State AGDec 1 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 1 (VT), last Dec 7 (NH) — 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/hershey-company-20231207.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 7, 2023
Raw hash: 249f870f2c1cedfe1d10d14fc474ee37e47f8171cd93b655a496c8b3ed96273f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Hershey Company

Victim entityThe Hershey Company

Incidentdiscovered Sep 3, 2023

Stated responseBegan investigating the incident with the assistance of a forensic provider

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov