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Growers Express

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 9, 2023

Filed

Nov 5, 2023

To disclose

27 days

Affected · nationwide

1,7751 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Growers Express →

Growers Express, LLC reported an external system breach that occurred on September 20, 2023, and was discovered on October 9, 2023. The breach resulted in the compromise of names and Social Security numbers. One Maine resident was affected out of a total of 1,775 individuals. The company offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Kroll to those affected.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 9, 2023 → Filed with AG Nov 5, 202327d ✓ ME AG ≤30d27 days discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days
discovery → filing · 27 days

Sep 20, 2023

Begins

Oct 9, 2023

Discovered

Nov 5, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGNov 5 · first
Massachusetts State AGNov 5 · first
Montana State AGNov 5 · first
Maine State AGNov 5 · 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.