MalwareTechnologyTransportation & LogisticsInformationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Americold Logistics LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 26, 2023

Filed

Dec 8, 2023

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Americold Logistics LLC notified Montana employees of a cybersecurity incident discovered on April 26, 2023, involving malware deployment and data exfiltration. Affected data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account info, and health insurance data. Americold engaged forensic investigators and law enforcement, and offered two years of complimentary identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d32 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 226 days

Apr 26, 2023

Begins

Apr 26, 2023

Discovered

Dec 8, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by cactus about this victim predates this filing by 140 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_0cac8bbf3d5a932c2023-12-08Verified
Vermont State AGbd_2c4fec73bf2ea11a2023-12-08Verified
Maine State AGbd_9e9da069ab209cc82023-12-08Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_bb46f50d69e5ca3f2023-12-08Verified

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Washington State AGbd_f1c81e9d6f9d9efe2023-12-08Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_dfcd8297c468cc6b2023-12-11 · +3dVerified

Name: Americold Logistics LLC
norm: americold logistics
Domain: americold.com

Name: Americold Logistics LLC
norm: americold logistics
Domain: americold.com
Industry: TechnologyllmTransportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Apr 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 26, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 8, 2023
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the matter to law enforcement

During the incident: Engaged outside counsel
Launched a forensic investigation with the assistance of a leading cybersecurity firm
Reported the matter to law enforcement
Took steps to mitigate and remediate the incident
Enhanced security controls
Changes made: Enhanced security controls as appropriate to minimize the risk of any similar event in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(226 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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California State AGDec 8 · first

Vermont State AGDec 8 · first

Maine State AGDec 8 · first

Oregon State AGDec 8 · first

Washington State AGDec 8 · first

Montana State AGDec 8 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-928.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 8, 2023
Raw hash: 22c7d68e7ea57f90a0151a31c6a3250ae2e243b1c4fcc910c21dcc89a8c6cc1d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmericold Logistics LLC

Victim entityAmericold Logistics LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 26, 2023

Stated responseEngaged outside counsel

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov