MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Four B Corp.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 26, 2021

Filed

Dec 30, 2021

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

29state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Four B Corp. →

Four B Corp. dba Balls Food Stores experienced a cybersecurity incident on September 26, 2021, where an unauthorized third party infiltrated the network and encrypted data. The incident potentially exposed names, addresses, dates of birth, and social security numbers of 29 New Hampshire residents. The company contained the incident, engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 95 days

Sep 26, 2021

Begins

Sep 26, 2021

Discovered

Dec 30, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Montana State AGbd_25d7c3c6d6f7afbf2021-12-30Candidate
Maine State AGbd_c4d508e23da576d22021-12-30Verified
Indiana State AGbd_eea1a4095a958c9c2021-12-30Verified

Name: Four B Corp.
norm: four b

Name: Four B Corp.
norm: four b
Also named: Four B Corp.dba oflegal entity
Balls Food Storesdba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 26, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 30, 2021
Affected individuals: 29state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Shut off all access to the network
Engaged specialized third-party forensic and technical resources to respond to the incident
Reported this matter to law enforcement
Secured and remediated its network and the data that we maintain
Changes made: Reviewed and altered its tools, policies, and procedures relating to the security of its systems and servers
Reviewed and altered its information life cycle management
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(95 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 · 4 states

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Montana State AGDec 30 · first

Maine State AGDec 30 · first

Indiana State AGDec 30 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 30 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/four-b-dba-balls-food-20211230.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 30, 2021
Raw hash: 63a367b41702d6debc229d32aa7cfff2b2f59071cb5fbb215afe0b9d3782840b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFour B Corp.

Victim entityFour B Corp.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2021

Stated responseShut off all access to the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov