MalwareAgriculture & FoodAgricultureRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMinorMediumResolved

Case Farms Processing, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 6, 2020

Filed

Jan 28, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Case Farms Processing, Inc. →

Case Farms suffered a ransomware attack on December 6, 2020, where hackers encrypted data and prevented access. The incident was contained and resolved quickly. Affected data may include names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers for 1 New Hampshire resident. No financial data was involved. Identity theft protection was offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Dec 6, 2020

Begins

Dec 6, 2020

Discovered

Jan 28, 2021

Filed

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

Name: Case Farms Processing, Inc.
norm: case farms processing

Name: Case Farms Processing, Inc.
norm: case farms processing
Industry: Agriculture & Foodllm

Discovered: Dec 6, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 6, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 28, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDMinor
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Identifying the malware variant used and preventing its spread throughout the company’s network
Securing the portions of the company’s network not accessed or encrypted by the hackers and migrating that data to a new network
Alerting law enforcement
Engaging cybersecurity professionals to help the company contain and resolve the breach
Engaging cybersecurity attorneys to advise the company of its legal and ethical obligations
Changes made: Upgraded its network infrastructure
Strengthened its security software
Plans to review, modify, and implement as needed, enhanced cybersecurity policies and protocols
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/case-farms-processing-foods-20210128.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 28, 2021
Raw hash: c1cdb4607e14e814fa794716b9587f3dea33757162fd4029d51abc34c5044440

Reporting entityCase Farms Processing, Inc.

Victim entityCase Farms Processing, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 6, 2020

Stated responseIdentifying the malware variant used and preventing its spread throughout the company’s network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov