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Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 15, 2021

Filed

Dec 2, 2021

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore →3 incidents on file

Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore notified individuals of a phishing incident discovered on June 15, 2021. Unauthorized access occurred sporadically between April 25 and July 20, 2021, potentially exposing personal information (names, addresses, emails) from compromised email accounts. The organization secured accounts, engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, and implemented multi-factor authentication. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 51 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 170 days

Apr 25, 2021

Begins

Jun 15, 2021

Discovered

Dec 2, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_ff2886f3f895ad4f2021-12-02Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5c07e550b952253a2021-12-07 · +5dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_e1242a561c41369d2021-12-07 · +5dCandidate

Name: Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore
norm: easterseals delaware maryland s eastern shore

Name: Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore
norm: easterseals delaware maryland s eastern shore
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jun 15, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 25, 2021 – Jul 20, 2021
Undetected for: 51 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 2, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email account
Worked with computer forensics professionals to investigate the incident
Reset account passwords
Implemented multi-factor authentication for all Easterseals email accounts
Partnered with computer forensics professionals to thoroughly investigate the incident
Notified potentially affected individuals
Offered a complimentary 12-month membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authentication for all Easterseals email accounts
Continue to evaluate ways to strengthen our email security going forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(170 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGDec 2 · first

Delaware State AGDec 2 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Delaware State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 2 (IN), last Dec 7 (DE) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2021/12/Easterseals-Exhibit-1-DE-Notice.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 2, 2021
Raw hash: daa220aa0043e7ccb157770d378f30a751e2c83ae360aae62c2297abbf469ac5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEasterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore

Victim entityEasterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore

Incidentdiscovered Jun 15, 2021

Stated responseSecured the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov