Charter Foods, Inc.

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Charter Foods, Inc. experienced a data breach due to external system hacking on January 13, 2023. The breach potentially affected 109,194 individuals, and may have involved access to Social Security Numbers. Written notification was issued to affected individuals on April 7, 2023, and identity theft protection services were offered for 12 months.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/5da67cb4-82fd-447e-b7a6-d7b0174fd326.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/charter-foods-inc.

"id": "cha735072525",
"linkid": "charter-foods-inc.",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 109194,
                        'industry': 'Food',
                        'name': 'Charter Foods, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Hacking',
 'customer_advisories': 'Identity theft protection services offered for 12 '
                        'months',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 109194,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'Numbers',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Numbers'},
 'date_detected': '2023-01-13',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-04-07',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Charter Foods, Inc. experienced a data breach due to external '
                'system hacking on January 13, 2023. The breach potentially '
                'affected 109,194 individuals, and may have involved access to '
                'Social Security Numbers. Written notification was issued to '
                'affected individuals on April 7, 2023, and identity theft '
                'protection services were offered for 12 months.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-04-07',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Written notification issued to '
                                        'affected individuals'},
 'title': 'Charter Foods, Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}