HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Ben E. Keith Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 14, 2023

Filed

Oct 26, 2023

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Ben E. Keith Company →

Ben E. Keith Company notified New Hampshire Attorney General on October 26, 2023, of a cybersecurity incident occurring between March 3-5, 2023, discovered on March 14, 2023. An unauthorized actor accessed a limited portion of the network. One New Hampshire resident was notified. Impacted data included names, addresses, and government IDs. BEK notified federal law enforcement, implemented additional safeguards, and provided 24 months of LifeLock credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 226 days

Mar 3, 2023

Begins

Mar 14, 2023

Discovered

Oct 26, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0e18a61bc2c599602023-10-26Candidate
Maine State AGbd_2980e703615d3d612023-10-26Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_fa24370df9f0cd4e2023-10-26Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cc9af87f8e0da9c22023-10-30 · +4dVerified

Name: Ben E. Keith Company
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Name: Ben E. Keith Company
norm: ben e keith
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 14, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 3, 2023 – Mar 5, 2023
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 26, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for through LifeLock, to individuals whose personal information was affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Changes made: Reviewing policies procedures and processes related to data protection and security
Reinforcing existing security posture
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(226 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGOct 26 · first

Maine State AGOct 26 · first

Indiana State AGOct 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 26 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/ben-e-keith-company-20231026.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 26, 2023
Raw hash: 5169140572d19c423ae93a9c79e5f8320b7489a24fdc95ab124e0f26b04979a9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBen E. Keith Company

Victim entityBen E. Keith Company

Incidentdiscovered Mar 14, 2023

Stated responseNotified federal law enforcement regarding the event

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov