HackingRetailIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 28, 2020

Filed

Apr 1, 2021

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

222state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION →3 incidents on file

Brown-Forman notified New Hampshire (and other states) of a July 2020 cyberattack where cyber criminals stole internal corporate records. The breach affected current/former employees, dependents, and interns. Data involved included names and government IDs. The incident was contained, and the company engaged forensic experts, law enforcement, and provided one year of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 247 days

Jul 28, 2020

Discovered

Apr 1, 2021

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

Maine State AGbd_2dc4eddf8b717fea2021-05-10 · +39dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b1b02026a2f3a5742020-08-25 · +219dCandidate
California State AGbd_f7067c25a24005292020-08-25 · +219dCandidate

Name: BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
norm: brown forman
Domain: brown-forman.com

Name: BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
norm: brown forman
Domain: brown-forman.com

Discovered: Jul 28, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 1, 2021
Affected individuals: 222state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began investigating the incident as soon as we became aware of suspicious activity on our network
Took several steps to limit access to our network to prevent further data from being compromised or stolen
Engaged outside forensic experts to help us better understand the impact of this incident
Cooperated with law enforcement
Changes made: Arranged the option for you to enroll in a complimentary one-year credit monitoring service
Engaged Experian to provide you with its IdentityWorksSM identity protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 35 weeks(247 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGAug 25 · first

California State AGAug 25 · first

New Hampshire State AG+219d · this page

Maine State AG+258d

Pattern: first filing Aug 25 (NH), last May 10 (ME) — a 258-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/brown-forman-20210401.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 1, 2021
Raw hash: 3e6c6eb24bd6298f03beb277c3d25ecb68f544462745584ed58d3df55b9a2a48

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION

Victim entityBROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Jul 28, 2020

Stated responseBegan investigating the incident as soon as we became aware of suspicious activity on our network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov