HackingOtherStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Easterseals Central Illinois

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 1, 2024

Filed

Oct 15, 2024

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Easterseals Central Illinois →3 incidents on file

Easterseals Central Illinois notified Montana residents of a data breach discovered on April 1, 2024, involving unauthorized access to personal information including names, addresses, driver's licenses, SSNs, and passports. The organization engaged forensic investigators, secured the network, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring. No specific affected count was disclosed.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 197 days

Apr 1, 2024

Begins

Apr 1, 2024

Discovered

Oct 15, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_b19e3451246f34232024-10-15Verified
Indiana State AGbd_3fa9d056c3e152a32024-10-14 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_035315747d5cf1ae2024-10-01 · +14dVerified

Name: Easterseals Central Illinois
norm: easterseals central illinois

Name: Easterseals Central Illinois
norm: easterseals central illinois
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Apr 1, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 14, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disconnected all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm and IT personnel to assist with securing the environment
Conducted a comprehensive forensic investigation
Changes made: Deploying an industry leading endpoint security software
Implementation of cloud-based servers
Credential hardening including adopting multi-factor authentication
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(197 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Illinois State AGOct 1 · first

Indiana State AG+13d

Maine State AG+14d

Montana State AG+14d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 1 (IL), last Oct 15 (MT) — a 14-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1766.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 15, 2024
Raw hash: 3aa961200bdc7fa863578c77a826e40426f9fdc15948a55b76c6b10cf7783305

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEasterseals Central Illinois

Victim entityEasterseals Central Illinois

Incidentdiscovered Apr 1, 2024

Stated responseDisconnected all access to the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov