HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

The Mission Essential Group

bd_46011a4ca1a2bcc4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 1, 2022

Filed

Jul 20, 2023

To disclose

46 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for The Mission Essential Group →

The Mission Essential Group notified Vermont AG of a potential unauthorized access to email accounts reported by federal law enforcement in September 2022. Investigation could not validate the breach, but notice was sent to employees/contractors out of caution. Data potentially involved included names. No specific count disclosed; Rhode Island notice mentions ~11 residents. Remediation includes policy review and credit monitoring offers.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday46 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

discovery → filing · 46 weeks / 322 days

Sep 1, 2022

Discovered

Jul 20, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_3d7454b58fef86d02023-07-20Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_5572a7a5a064d4e12023-07-20Verified
California State AGbd_a7c7c776946235a62023-07-20Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_f2df69619b60d9ec2023-07-20Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_fa75fdb74596230d2023-07-20Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_8981b538ef4a10da2023-07-25 · +5dVerified

Name: MISSION
norm: mission
Domain: boatgear.missionoutdoor.com

Name: The Mission Essential Group
norm: the mission essential
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 1, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 20, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified by federal law enforcement authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Commenced an investigation with the assistance of industry leading cybersecurity specialists
Providing notice of this alleged incident out of an abundance of caution
Providing complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Reviewing and updating existing policies and procedures relating to data protection and security
Investigating additional security measures to further enhance its data protections
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 46 weeks(322 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 · 7 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGJul 20 · first

Indiana State AGJul 20 · first

California State AGJul 20 · first

Maine State AGJul 20 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 20 · first

Vermont State AGJul 20 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jul 20 (MT), last Jul 25 (NH) — a 5-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-07-20-mission-essential-group-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 20, 2023
Raw hash: abe817a29c05dcb30fcf4ab89b41eb2011bb27ce12b44609ea50812f8cc8c969

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMISSION

Victim entityThe Mission Essential Group

Incidentdiscovered Sep 1, 2022

Stated responseCommenced an investigation with the assistance of industry leading cybersecurity specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov