MalwareAgriculture & FoodAgricultureRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

WinStar Farm, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 15, 2024

Filed

Nov 11, 2024

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for WinStar Farm, LLC →

WinStar Farm LLC notified consumers of a cybersecurity incident discovered on July 15, 2024, where an unauthorized third party accessed network systems and encrypted files. The incident potentially exposed names and Social Security numbers. The company secured the network, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday17 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 119 days

Jul 15, 2024

Begins

Jul 15, 2024

Discovered

Nov 11, 2024

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_3ea44066f7828dd32024-11-11Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_6f68650aaae2fed92024-11-11Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dbca8b318bc60a512024-11-11Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_68694fdeb15f9fed2024-11-12 · +1dVerified

Name: WinStar Farm, LLC
norm: winstar farm

Name: WinStar Farm, LLC
norm: winstar farm
Industry: Agriculture & Foodllm

Discovered: Jul 15, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 15, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 11, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Prompt notification to local and federal law enforcement authorities

During the incident: Initiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Worked to restore any impacted systems
Took steps to secure the network
Prompt notification to local and federal law enforcement authorities
Providing complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(119 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGNov 11 · first

Indiana State AGNov 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 11 · first

Vermont State AGNov 11 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-11-11-winstar-farm-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 11, 2024
Raw hash: b4ecf1c2db4e6e4d1d39fd0c4e2bee6251eae4d2ef11e6dba7951915219a9a96

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWinStar Farm, LLC

Victim entityWinStar Farm, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 15, 2024

Stated responseInitiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov