Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

Kettle Cuisine, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 6, 2017

Filed

Feb 7, 2017

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected · nationwide

3511 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kettle Cuisine, LLC →2 incidents on file

Kettle Cuisine LLC reported a phishing incident where an employee was tricked into sending W-2 forms containing PII (SSN, earnings) to an attacker impersonating the CEO. The breach affected 351 employees (1 NJ resident). Discovered Feb 6, 2017. Response included law enforcement notification and security training.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 1 days

Feb 2, 2017

Begins

Feb 6, 2017

Discovered

Feb 7, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9b86b66722cd72562017-02-13 · +6dVerified

Name: Kettle Cuisine, LLC
norm: kettle cuisine
Domain: kettlecuisine.com

Name: Kettle Cuisine, LLC
norm: kettle cuisine
Domain: kettlecuisine.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 6, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2017
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 351state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reporting the incident to the FBI’s Boston Field Officereporting the incident to the U.S. Secret Service’s Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF)reporting the incident to the Internet Crime Complaint Center
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Worked with legal counsel to prepare Data Breach Notification letters for affected individuals
Reporting the incident to the FBI’s Boston Field Office, the U.S. Secret Service’s Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF) and the Internet Crime Complaint Center
Enhancing its internet security protocols related to the transfer of personal information
Arranging for information security training webinars for all employees with access to confidential and sensitive data
Changes made: Enhancing its internet security protocols related to the transfer of personal information
Arranging for information security training webinars for all employees with access to confidential and sensitive data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(1 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Feb 7 (NH), last Feb 13 (MA) — 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/kettle-cuisine-20170207.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 7, 2017
Raw hash: 836175160cb8ba7fd1d8fcf02eaa76c4edee3a174f7a69c4d38244d547660daa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKettle Cuisine, LLC

Victim entityKettle Cuisine, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2017

Stated responseWorked with legal counsel to prepare Data Breach Notification letters for affected individuals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov