MalwareOtherRansomwareEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE, INC.

bd_525dec9d17d94abf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 22, 2024

Filed

Nov 13, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

35state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE, INC. →2 incidents on file

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) notified the Maryland Attorney General of a security incident occurring between December 18 and 22, 2024. IAVI detected network interruption and engaged external cybersecurity professionals. The incident involved unauthorized access to human resources data, specifically names and Social Security numbers, affecting 35 Maryland residents. IAVI offered one year of credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals. No evidence of financial fraud was found.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

Dec 18, 2024

Begins

Dec 22, 2024

Discovered

Nov 13, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by inc_ransom about this victim predates this filing by 289 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maryland State AGbd_11c8c4c7d69376592025-11-13Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_067f38e4a27c3d5f2025-01-27 · +290dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_1d8f4dae917d06d12025-01-22 · +295dCandidate

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE, INC.
norm: international aids vaccine initiative
Domain: iavi.org
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Dec 22, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 18, 2024 – Dec 22, 2024
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 17, 2025
Affected individuals: 35state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided notification to the Office of the Maryland Attorney General

During the incident: Acted quickly to contain the threat and ensure the security of its systems with the assistance of external cybersecurity professionals
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation into the incident and worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Performed an extensive manual document review of the data
Providing the affected residents with notification of this incident
Offering the affected residents whose Social Security number was potentially impacted by the incident with complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of the personal information it maintains
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
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 · 4 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGJan 22 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Maryland State AG+295d

Maryland State AG+295d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 22 (MA), last Nov 13 (MD) — a 295-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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376236.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 13, 2025
Raw hash: 5b37bd6aacc0d676e05f8a3eeff9232349743514d30da91fc0cb7efb223c0c82

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityINTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 22, 2024

Stated responseActed quickly to contain the threat and ensure the security of its systems with the assistance of external cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov