Social EngineeringOtherPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedAuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

CITY OF REFUGE MINISTRIES, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2020

Filed

Jul 21, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

533state residents only

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for CITY OF REFUGE MINISTRIES, INC. →

City Ministries, a Washington-based non-profit, reported a phishing incident where an employee clicked a malicious link on Feb 11, 2020, compromising their email account. The breach exposed PII (SSN, DOB, DL), financial data, and credentials of 533 Washington residents. Discovered May 1, 2020; notifications mailed July 21, 2020. Remediation included credential resets and staff re-education.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d12 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 · 80 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 81 days

Feb 11, 2020

Begins

May 1, 2020

Discovered

Jul 21, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed533 affectedView incident

Name: John P. Hutchins
norm: john p hutchins

Name: CITY OF REFUGE MINISTRIES, INC.
norm: city of refuge ministries
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: May 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 11, 2020
Undetected for: 80 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 21, 2020
Affected individuals: 533state-resident count only
Data types: AuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Washington Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email account
Launched an internal investigation with the assistance of a cyber security firm
Engaged outside legal counsel
Retained outside counsel
Engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm to further assist the investigation
Secured all of City Ministries’ email accounts
Reset passwords
Established a dedicated call center
Changes made: Enhancing existing security protocols
Re-educating staff about these types of incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(81 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10573.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 21, 2020
Raw hash: ba5dd4c5fc32da386363dba8bf9616e3b0a00689a8631ee17aae5f88d6813cf4

Reporting entityJohn P. Hutchins

Victim entityCITY OF REFUGE MINISTRIES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2020

Stated responseSecured the email account

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com