HackingOtherTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

EXPRESS SERVICES, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 5, 2024

Filed

Feb 7, 2025

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for EXPRESS SERVICES, INC. →3 incidents on file

Express Services Inc. notified the Maryland Attorney General of a data event affecting 2 Maryland residents. Unauthorized access to a legacy database occurred between Nov 16-18, 2024. Affected data included names and Social Security numbers. Express engaged in investigation, provided 1-year credit monitoring via Epiq, and implemented additional safeguards.

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Maryland clock⏱ MD AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 64 days

Nov 16, 2024

Begins

Dec 5, 2024

Discovered

Feb 7, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_641a38ebe6ca39be2025-02-07Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_bfaadfdc31b7a8e32025-02-07Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_c434f1f5ce7c582a2025-02-07Verified
Indiana State AGbd_f8e3a5eadebe48aa2025-02-07Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: EXPRESS SERVICES, INC.
norm: express services
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Dec 5, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 16, 2024 – Nov 18, 2024
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Feb 7, 2025
Notification sent: Feb 7, 2025
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Maryland Attorney General

During the incident: Investigated and responded to the incident
Assessed the security of Express systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Provided access to credit monitoring services for one year through Epiq
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Evaluating policies, procedures, and technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(64 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 7 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 7 · first

Nebraska State AGFeb 7 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 7 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 7 · first · this page

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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376332.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 7, 2025
Raw hash: 734bfc13a6012bd2a917098f92351dc46776408ffad6b02512573b3639f51f4d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityEXPRESS SERVICES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 5, 2024

Stated responseInvestigated and responded to the incident

ComplianceMD AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov