HackingOtherStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Farming Entities

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 4, 2022

Filed

Sep 2, 2022

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Farming Entities →

Farming Entities notified Montana residents of a data breach involving its third-party administrative services provider. Unauthorized access occurred June 25-July 4, 2022, compromising names and SSNs. The provider detected the incident on July 4, 2022, contained it, and notified law enforcement. Affected individuals received one year of Equifax credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Jun 25, 2022

Begins

Jul 4, 2022

Discovered

Sep 2, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Farming Entities
norm: farming entities

Name: Farming Entities
norm: farming entities
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 4, 2022
Breach occurred: Jun 25, 2022 – Jul 4, 2022
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Shut down access to its network
Activated its incident response plan
Took steps to contain the activity
Launched an investigation
Engaged a cybersecurity firm
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Implementing an endpoint detection and response tool
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-543.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 2, 2022
Raw hash: c5b561e589ab4809fdf4abf9ae2846630d1ac365de24a80f5bd5ba0624d8a6f4

Reporting entityFarming Entities

Victim entityFarming Entities

Incidentdiscovered Jul 4, 2022

Stated responseShut down access to its network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov