HackingRetail & ConsumerAgriculture & FoodRetailEmployee Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Dole Food Company, Inc.

bd_de9907db92fea99f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 2, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

73%

Full breach record for Dole Food Company, Inc. →

In February 2023, Dole Food Company, Inc. became aware of a cybersecurity incident affecting certain systems containing employee personal data. The company launched an investigation, notified law enforcement, and engaged cybersecurity firms to contain the incident. Affected data may include names, addresses, phone numbers, driver's licenses, Social Security numbers, passport numbers, dates of birth, and employment information. Dole notified U.S. Fresh Fruit employees and offered complimentary Equifax ID Watchdog monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Feb 10, 2023

Begins

Jul 2, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4ba0d29e9ac3e8f92023-06-29 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_595338b7602ee9ac2023-06-21 · +11dVerified

Name: Dole Food Company, Inc.
norm: dole food

Name: Dole Food Company, Inc.
norm: dole food
Industry: Retail & ConsumerllmAgriculture & Foodllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 10, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 29, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Promptly launched an investigation
Notified law enforcement
Engaged leading cybersecurity firms to assist in assessing the scope of and containing the incident
Working to restore and resecure impacted data
Offering complimentary 1-year membership of Equifax ID Watchdog
Offering complimentary access to Equifax ID Watchdog for 24 months, beginning July 1, 2023
Changes made: Taking additional security steps to enhance our security and help prevent future incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGJun 21 · first

Montana State AG+8d

California State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 21 (ME), last Jul 2 (CA) — a 11-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-568779
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 2, 2023
Raw hash: 7837ca7ccf08d3397511f616ff53793f20101e0b34a64378426cffb0578284c1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDole Food Company, Inc.

Victim entityDole Food Company, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responsePromptly launched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov