HackingManufacturingManufacturingData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumActive

MAR-BAL, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 22, 2024

Filed

Feb 24, 2025

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for MAR-BAL, INC. →

Mar-Bal, Inc. notified the Maryland AG of unauthorized access to its network between Aug 21-22, 2024. Files were taken containing names, SSNs, financial account info, and health insurance info. Only 2 Maryland residents were identified as affected. Mar-Bal notified federal law enforcement, engaged third-party specialists, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Maryland clock✗ MD AG >90d27 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 186 days

Aug 21, 2024

Begins

Aug 22, 2024

Discovered

Feb 24, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_38ea580b42854d672025-02-24Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: MAR-BAL, INC.
norm: mar bal
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Aug 22, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 21, 2024 – Aug 22, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 24, 2025
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotified Maryland Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of Mar-Bal systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Providing access to complimentary credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Experian
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing security policies
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures to further protect against similar events moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(186 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >90d
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 24 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 24 · 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-376405.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 24, 2025
Raw hash: 54442f53e719cb87051b1dab3ac9895945bc46014102863faa684ac58ce2dc4f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityMAR-BAL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 22, 2024

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

ComplianceMD AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov