HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 28, 2020

Filed

Aug 25, 2020

To disclose

28 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION →3 incidents on file

Brown-Forman notified employees of a cyber attack discovered on July 28, 2020, involving the theft of employee records including SSNs, contact info, and salary data. The company engaged forensic experts, limited network access, and offered one year of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 days

Jul 28, 2020

Discovered

Aug 25, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

California State AGbd_f7067c25a24005292020-08-25Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_e8f88c417a997f4a2021-04-01 · +219dVerified
Maine State AGbd_2dc4eddf8b717fea2021-05-10 · +258dVerified

Name: BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
norm: brown forman
Domain: brown-forman.com

Name: BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
norm: brown forman
Domain: brown-forman.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Jul 28, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 25, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: cooperating with law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began investigating the incident as soon as we became aware of suspicious activity on our network
Took several steps to limit access to our network
Engaged outside forensic experts to help us better understand the impact of this incident
Cooperating with law enforcement
Arranged the option for you to enroll in a complimentary one-year credit monitoring service
Engaged Experian to provide you with its IdentityWorksSM identity protection services
Changes made: Limit access to our network to prevent further data from being compromised or stolen
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 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 · 3 states

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California State AGAug 25 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 25 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+219d

Maine State AG+258d

Pattern: first filing Aug 25 (CA), last May 10 (ME) — a 258-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/brown-forman-20200825.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 25, 2020
Raw hash: 04a8033b41687e1d0ec801ada61c22c4151ce4fb29c1a7b182cdd801a6054ede

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION

Victim entityBROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Jul 28, 2020

Stated responseBegan investigating the incident as soon as we became aware of suspicious activity on our network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov