HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Farmer Brothers Company

bd_bf5d5f7c554e3c44 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 14, 2025

Filed

Sep 9, 2025

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

186state residents only

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Farmer Brothers Company →2 incidents on file

Farmer Brothers Company notified Montana residents of a data breach where an unknown actor accessed archived files between March 6-14, 2025. The company reported the incident to federal law enforcement and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring. Personal information was involved, though no identity theft was confirmed.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 179 days

Mar 6, 2025

Begins

Mar 14, 2025

Discovered

Sep 9, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_2346ff290be14cdb2025-09-09Verified
Oregon State AGbd_4bcd2385a0817f7d2025-09-09Candidate
California State AGbd_557b222edc9b4bbd2025-09-09Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_7a93c640411fc20b2025-09-09Verified

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Maine State AGbd_a19ba8de6f2b3f9b2025-09-09Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_cf064c1fa318e4872025-09-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d19f1c0203deb1242025-09-09Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ff0874b846405f0e2025-09-09Verified
Washington State AGbd_611ab6b8e533b4542025-09-10 · +1dVerified by operator
Texas State AGbd_6975b4edc70a99852025-09-10 · +1dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: Farmer Brothers Company
norm: farmer brothers
Domain: farmerbros.com

Name: Farmer Brothers Company
norm: farmer brothers
Domain: farmerbros.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 14, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 6, 2025 – Mar 14, 2025
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 9, 2025
Affected individuals: 186state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported this event to federal law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Reported this event to federal law enforcement and supported their investigation
Offering you access to twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion
Changes made: Reviewed our existing policies and procedures and added additional administrative safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(179 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Vermont State AGSep 9 · first

Oregon State AGSep 9 · first

California State AGSep 9 · first

Nebraska State AGSep 9 · first

Maine State AGSep 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 9 · first

Indiana State AGSep 9 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 9 · first

Montana State AGSep 9 · first · this page

Washington State AG+1d

Texas State AG+1d

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Consumer-notification-letter-17.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 9, 2025
Raw hash: b78a47f6fc4724e2d4ff00b28dcc8cbf070328f060c988b10c214e7318b93c22

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFarmer Brothers Company

Victim entityFarmer Brothers Company

Incidentdiscovered Mar 14, 2025

Stated responseReported this event to federal law enforcement and supported their investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov