HackingHacking OtherCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDHigh

Bell Flavors and Fragrances, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 30, 2023

Filed

Dec 6, 2023

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,7681 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Bell Flavors and Fragrances, Inc. →

Bell Flavors and Fragrances, Inc. reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred between July 26 and July 30, 2023. The breach was discovered on July 30, 2023. One Maine resident was affected, and their name and Social Security number were compromised. The company offered 24 months of identity theft protection services through NortonLifeLock to the affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 30, 2023 → Filed with AG Dec 6, 2023129d ✗ ME AG >90d18 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 · 4 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 129 days

Jul 26, 2023

Begins

Jul 30, 2023

Discovered

Dec 6, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Illinois State AGbd_1d53216b777304f62023-01-01 · +339dCandidate

Name: Bell Flavors and Fragrances, Inc.
norm: bell flavors and fragrances

Name: Bell Flavors and Fragrances, Inc.
norm: bell flavors and fragrances

Discovered: Jul 30, 2023
Breach occurred: Jul 26, 2023 – Jul 30, 2023
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 6, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,768state + nationwide
Data types: Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Individuals were provided 24 months of Membership in NortonLifeLock’s “LifeLock DefenderTM Preferred” product, which provides credit monitoring, fraud detection tools, dark web monitoring, identity restoration services and other benefits
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(129 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 129d
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: Jul 30, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Dec 6, 2023
129d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 30, 2023 → Filed with AG: Dec 6, 2023	129d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Maine State AG+339d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Dec 6 (ME) — a 339-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/7bfda260-4d59-4c6f-bf47-c1720e3d5f81.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 6, 2023
Raw hash: f32823edeba3704f3ba3fb9dfdda0706a0f99349c525219d127ed8d2eb72859d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBell Flavors and Fragrances, Inc.

Victim entityBell Flavors and Fragrances, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 30, 2023

Stated responseIndividuals were provided 24 months of Membership in NortonLifeLock’s “LifeLock DefenderTM Preferred” product, which provides credit monitoring, fraud detection tools, dark web monitoring, identity restoration services and other benefits

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov