HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Southwest Boston Senior Services dba Ethos

bd_58e1fd4e600dde8d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 18, 2023

Filed

Mar 22, 2024

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Southwest Boston Senior Services dba Ethos notified consumers of a cybersecurity incident discovered on March 13, 2024, involving unusual network activity first detected on November 18, 2023. The incident may have exposed names, addresses, and other personal information. Ethos engaged cybersecurity experts, reported to law enforcement, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring via IDX.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday18 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 125 days

Nov 18, 2023

Begins

Nov 18, 2023

Discovered

Mar 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_07acf5d312291f8e2024-03-22Verified
HHS OCRbd_9cdf2e4f8a3a21632024-03-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5b137571f29f17c22024-03-25 · +3dVerified

Name: Southwest Boston Senior Services dba Ethos
norm: southwest boston senior services

Name: Southwest Boston Senior Services dba Ethos
norm: southwest boston senior services
Also named: Southwest Boston Senior Servicesdba oflegal entity
Ethosdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Nov 18, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 18, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 22, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts to investigate and help secure our network
Reported the incident to law enforcement
Secured the services of IDX to provide credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance network security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(125 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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 · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMar 22 · first

HHS OCRMar 22 · first

Vermont State AGMar 22 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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/2024-03-22-southwest-boston-senior-services-dba-ethos-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 22, 2024
Raw hash: f5feec9869af89f881f403ee41e23b404b54450e49643c2d156b7304e1273d3d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouthwest Boston Senior Services dba Ethos

Victim entitySouthwest Boston Senior Services dba Ethos

Incidentdiscovered Nov 18, 2023

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts to investigate and help secure our network

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov