🐻California State AGlinked via multistate filing link · 100%
Clustered 4 filings across 4 jurisdictions · filing window Nov 5, 2023 → Nov 21, 2023. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_99f84011b71c4784 · merge_method human · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
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Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no SEC 8-K in this cluster.
CA ME MT
Leak Site · State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Sep 20, 2023
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Oct 9, 2023
Reported by CALIFORNIA AG, MAINE AG filings
Growers Express was founded in 1987 by South Monterey County, California growers David Gill, Steven Gill, Johnny Gill, John Romans, Stan Pura, Mike Hitchcock, Dennis Frudden and Ron Frudden, as well as head lettuce industry icon Joe Puga Sr., who all held the same values—growing and providing their own premium quality products, ensuring a consistent year-round supply, and offering superior customer service.
About this clustering
DisclosureLens links filings into incidents through layered matchers: deterministic rules (same source document, multistate filings of one breach, tight-window same-victim pairs), a weighted-similarity scorer for cross-source candidates, and an operator review queue for everything uncertain. Each link records its own method and confidence — shown per filing in the timeline below. The system defaults to NOT merging when uncertain, because a false merge (collapsing two unrelated breaches) is more harmful than a false split (showing related filings separately); uncertain pairs route to human review instead of auto-merging. Filing summaries shown in the timeline are AI-generated extracts — verify each against its linked source.
Growers Express, LLC disclosed a sophisticated computer attack where an external actor accessed employee data files with the goal of extortion. On October 9, 2023, the company discovered that personal information, including names, addresses, SSNs, and direct deposit info, was exfiltrated. The breach occurred on September 20, 2023. The company isolated the attack, reported it to law enforcement, and is offering two years of identity monitoring via Kroll to affected former employees.
Growers Express, LLC reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2023-11-05. The breach occurred on 9/20/2023. 2 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 2
Growers Express, LLC reported an external system breach that occurred on September 20, 2023, and was discovered on October 9, 2023. The breach resulted in the compromise of names and Social Security numbers. One Maine resident was affected out of a total of 1,775 individuals. The company offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Kroll to those affected.
Affected (this filing): 1