HackingOtherSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

The Episcopal Church Foundation

bd_5e0ac4f183a6bec1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 17, 2025

Filed

Jul 28, 2025

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for The Episcopal Church Foundation →

The Episcopal Church Foundation disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving a third-party IT vendor on February 17, 2025. The incident resulted in unauthorized access to ECF files containing personal information. ECF severed ties with the vendor, engaged external experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring. No specific count of affected individuals was provided.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday23 weeks 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

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 161 days

Feb 17, 2025

Discovered

Jul 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_5ed7d2877675481b2025-07-28Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_88051ab4543714d62025-07-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_947d8507e574048d2025-07-28Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_faa9bfc58c8897692025-07-30 · +2dVerified

Name: The Episcopal Church Foundation
norm: the episcopal church

Name: The Episcopal Church Foundation
norm: the episcopal church
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Feb 17, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Third party: via third-party IT vendor
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Severed connection with the third-party IT vendor
Took certain systems offline
Launched an investigation with the assistance of external cybersecurity experts
Notified law enforcement
Offering complimentary twenty-four (24)-month membership to TransUnion’s triple bureau credit monitoring and fraud assistance
Changes made: Took a series of steps to further strengthen security controls
Brought systems back online
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(161 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 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.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Nebraska State AGJul 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 28 · first

Vermont State AGJul 28 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+2d

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/2025-07-28-episcopal-church-foundation-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 28, 2025
Raw hash: 28f09d9c9cc7ab6f168ad5fed7f12a58e367ca8ffb7b9a80ea4a4e5bc6f60a05

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Episcopal Church Foundation

Victim entityThe Episcopal Church Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Feb 17, 2025

Stated responseSevered connection with the third-party IT vendor

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov