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FERRARA CANDY COMPANY

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 30, 2022

Filed

Apr 29, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

8,3591 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for FERRARA CANDY COMPANY →

Ferrara Candy Company reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, stating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred between October 2, 2021, and October 9, 2021. The breach was discovered on March 30, 2022. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. One Maine resident was affected out of a total of 8,359 individuals. The company provided written notification to the affected individual on April 29, 2022, and offered 12 months of complimentary identity restoration, fraud consultation, and credit monitoring services through Equifax.

Maine clockDiscovered Mar 30, 2022 → Filed with AG Apr 29, 202230d ✓ ME AG ≤30d4 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 179 days
discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Oct 2, 2021

Begins

Mar 30, 2022

Discovered

Apr 29, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGJan 1 · first
Indiana State AG+118d
Montana State AG+118d
Maine State AG+118d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Apr 29 (ME) — a 118-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.