HackingOtherDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)LowContained

The Walters Art Museum

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 18, 2023

Filed

Sep 27, 2024

To disclose

45 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Walters Art Museum →

The Walters Art Museum notified consumers of a data breach where an unauthorized actor accessed files containing names between Oct 10 and Nov 18, 2023. Suspicious activity was detected on Nov 18, 2023. The museum offered credit monitoring and notified regulators.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday45 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 39 days

discovery → filing · 45 weeks / 314 days

Oct 10, 2023

Begins

Nov 18, 2023

Discovered

Sep 27, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+39 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_1d0cc9c91a47089e2024-09-27Candidate
Montana State AGbd_7257c63a9f5d3b982024-09-27Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_8b413c731a27125d2024-09-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b011fe186a7b076f2024-09-27Verified

Name: The Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, Inc.
norm: the trustees of the walters art gallery

Name: The Walters Art Museum
norm: the walters art museum
Also named: The Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, Inc.dba oflegal entity
the Walters Art Museumdba oftrade name
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Nov 18, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 10, 2023 – Nov 18, 2023
Undetected for: 39 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 27, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notifying relevant regulatory authorities

During the incident: Investigated and responded to it
Assessed the security of our network
Notified potentially affected individuals
Notifying relevant regulatory authorities
Offering credit and identity monitoring services through Experian
Changes made: Regularly review and enhance our existing policies and procedures related to data privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 45 weeks(314 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGSep 27 · first

Montana State AGSep 27 · first

Indiana State AGSep 27 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 27 · first

Vermont State AGSep 27 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-09-27-trustees-walters-art-gallery-dba-walters-art-museum-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 27, 2024
Raw hash: 0f7e3679246cfd73a9206c747b0cd58de7f8e011bf17de6e300992d1ddf24694

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, Inc.

Victim entityThe Walters Art Museum

Incidentdiscovered Nov 18, 2023

Stated responseInvestigated and responded to it

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov