HackingAgriculture & FoodAgricultureCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

COLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 15, 2022

Filed

Nov 22, 2022

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,7101 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for COLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL, LLC →

Columbia Grain International, LLC reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General's office, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred on March 21, 2022. The breach was discovered on August 15, 2022. The compromised information includes names or other personal identifiers in combination with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers and their associated security codes or PINs. One Maine resident was affected. The company provided written notification to affected individuals on November 23, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 15, 2022 → Filed with AG Nov 22, 202299d ✗ ME AG >90d14 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 · 147 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 99 days

Mar 21, 2022

Begins

Aug 15, 2022

Discovered

Nov 22, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_27fd05090a92f9972022-07-19 · +126dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_7b47cfe471642d2f2022-11-23 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_87a68cc0c0457fe72022-11-23 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_87d48f47380738b92022-11-23 · +1dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_8a9f0aaaf5126d542022-11-23 · +1dVerified by operator

Name: COLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL, LLC
norm: columbia grain
Domain: columbiagrain.com

Name: COLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL, LLC
norm: columbia grain
Domain: columbiagrain.com
Industry: Agriculture & Foodllm

Discovered: Aug 15, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 21, 2022
Undetected for: 147 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 3,710state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Kroll.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(99 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 99dME resident >60d · 100d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 15, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Nov 22, 2022
99d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Aug 15, 2022
→ Notified: Nov 23, 2022
100d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 15, 2022 → Filed with AG: Nov 22, 2022	99d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Aug 15, 2022 → Notified: Nov 23, 2022	100d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGNov 22 · first · this page

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/3acca71b-267a-43e7-8329-0d227262a332.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 22, 2022
Raw hash: 6b0240d5903fb08b6215a957d9a205a84da5fc75ccfe20a9c8864ef787a6b1f2

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCOLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL, LLC

Victim entityCOLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 15, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Kroll.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov