HackingTechnologyInformationTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

US Global Mail

bd_5dcf711ae259504e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 23, 2023

Filed

Mar 20, 2023

To disclose

25 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for US Global Mail →

US Global Mail notified Vermont consumers of a data breach where an unknown party accessed cloud servers on Feb 20-21, 2023. Exposed data included names, emails, and government IDs (driver's license, passport). US Global Mail reported to law enforcement, changed passwords, and enhanced monitoring. No specific count of affected individuals was provided in the notice.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday25 days 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

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 25 days

Feb 20, 2023

Begins

Feb 23, 2023

Discovered

Mar 20, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

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

Name: US Global Mail
norm: us global mail

Name: US Global Mail
norm: us global mail
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 23, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 20, 2023 – Feb 21, 2023
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 20, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this incident to the law enforcement and applicable regulatory authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began an investigation
Reported this incident to the law enforcement and applicable regulatory authorities
Modified access controls
Changed admin and network passwords
Added additional system monitoring
Implementing additional security features for access control over our backend servers
Changes made: Modified access controls
Changed admin and network passwords
Added additional system monitoring
Implementing additional security features for access control over our backend servers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 days(25 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 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.

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/2023-03-20-us-global-mail-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 20, 2023
Raw hash: 79f8f4671e358e658b6dda5b23932edb6232838feb9f51b09885cb9f9b3a619c

Reporting entityUS Global Mail

Victim entityUS Global Mail

Incidentdiscovered Feb 23, 2023

Stated responseBegan an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov