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HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

MERS Missouri Goodwill Industries

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 5, 2024

Filed

May 16, 2024

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2scope not determined

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for MERS Missouri Goodwill Industries →3 incidents on file

MERS Missouri Goodwill Industries reported an external system breach (hacking) that occurred on March 10, 2023. The breach was discovered on April 5, 2024. The incident affected 2 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on May 9, 2024, and offered identity theft protection services.

Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d6 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 392 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Mar 10, 2023

Begins

Apr 5, 2024

Discovered

May 16, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by blacksuit about this victim predates this filing by 416 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGMay 1 · first
Indiana State AG+8d
Maine State AG+15d
Montana State AG+15d
Maine State AG+15d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 1 (IL), last May 16 (ME) — a 15-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.