Social EngineeringOtherPhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Bethany Church

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 1, 2024

Filed

Mar 5, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bethany Church →

Bethany Congregational Church notified Vermont AG of a security incident where an unauthorized actor accessed an employee email account between Oct 12-16, 2023. The incident was discovered on Feb 1, 2024. The affected data was limited to full names. The Church engaged external cybersecurity professionals and is offering complimentary Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday5 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

undetected · 112 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Oct 12, 2023

Begins

Feb 1, 2024

Discovered

Mar 5, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0e594554f5b880fe2024-03-05Verified
Maine State AGbd_67955de8640019322024-03-05Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_f5271d9683ba1cbe2024-03-05Verified

Name: Bethany Church
norm: bethany church
Domain: bethany.com

Name: Bethany Church
norm: bethany church
Domain: bethany.com
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2024
Breach occurred: Oct 12, 2023 – Oct 16, 2023
Undetected for: 112 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 5, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 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.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 5 · first

Maine State AGMar 5 · first

Indiana State AGMar 5 · first

Vermont State AGMar 5 · first · this page

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/2024-03-05-bethany-congregational-church-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 5, 2024
Raw hash: 1ae98ac583d947f611b56e8161c30c261a4b0bc8ca92f8c07c4a66ab0d10809c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBethany Church

Victim entityBethany Church

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2024

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov