MalwareAgriculture & FoodAgricultureRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Hertz Farm Management

bd_d1f1e5b491e1efae · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 29, 2025

Filed

Dec 9, 2025

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Hertz Farm Management →

Hertz Farm Management Inc. notified Montana residents of a June 29, 2025 network disruption involving ransomware. Data was exfiltrated on July 3, 2025. The company reset passwords, engaged forensic investigators, reported to federal law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring. No evidence of fraud was found at the time of notice.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 163 days

Jun 29, 2025

Begins

Jun 29, 2025

Discovered

Dec 9, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteakirabd_620c53a5b26712a92025-06-29 · +163dVerified by operator
Leak Siteakirabd_37246cffba6d7ada2025-06-25 · +167dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_401328525761e9e92025-12-09Verified
Iowa State AGbd_7160e8351f0d526e2025-12-09Candidate
Nebraska State AGbd_c20dd3d4ae54e3522025-12-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d0808740f53b75d62025-12-09Verified by operator

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Maine State AGbd_f88960bda229a2a32025-12-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1e03e702fcac5e332025-12-10 · +1dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_982bad4979fbb6c02025-12-15 · +6dVerified

Name: Hertz Farm Management
norm: hertz farm management
Domain: hertz.ag

Name: Hertz Farm Management
norm: hertz farm management
Domain: hertz.ag
Industry: Agriculture & Foodllm

Discovered: Jun 29, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 29, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 7, 2025
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to federal law enforcement

During the incident: Disconnected our network from the internet
Partnered with professionals to perform an investigation into the event
Reset user passwords
Reported the incident to federal law enforcement
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through HaystackID
Changes made: Reviewing the existing security controls and policies & procedures we have in place to remain resilient against future threats
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(163 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Vermont State AGDec 9 · first

Iowa State AGDec 9 · first

Nebraska State AGDec 9 · first

Indiana State AGDec 9 · first

Maine State AGDec 9 · first

Montana State AGDec 9 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 9 (VT), last Dec 15 (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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Consumer-notification-letter-34.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 9, 2025
Raw hash: da703523eb848bd7b8b36bcc5df276b218dfd517406ff05a542ad5efe512210c

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHertz Farm Management

Victim entityHertz Farm Management

Incidentdiscovered Jun 29, 2025

Stated responseDisconnected our network from the internet

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov