The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported on September 11, 2023, that B&G Foods, Inc. experienced a data breach from January 23, 2023, to February 7, 2023, affecting a total of 918 individuals, including 112 residents. The breach involved unauthorized access to certain employee records potentially exposing Social Security numbers and was discovered on February 5, 2023. B&G Foods is offering 24 months of free identity theft protection services through Experian IdentityWorks.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/bgfoodsinc
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"linkid": "bgfoodsinc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Food Manufacturing',
'name': 'B&G Foods, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 918,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2023-02-05',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-09-11',
'description': 'B&G Foods, Inc. experienced a data breach from January 23, '
'2023, to February 7, 2023, affecting a total of 918 '
'individuals, including 112 residents. The breach involved '
'unauthorized access to certain employee records potentially '
'exposing Social Security numbers and was discovered on '
'February 5, 2023.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-09-11',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['Experian IdentityWorks']},
'title': 'B&G Foods Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}