Social EngineeringOtherPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Bethany Church

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 1, 2024

Filed

Mar 5, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

13412 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bethany Church →

Bethany Congregational Church (Greenland, NH) reported an email compromise incident occurring between October 12-16, 2023, discovered on February 1, 2024. The breach affected 134 individuals, including 12 Maine residents. Compromised data included names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers. The entity, represented by McDonald Hopkins PLC, notified the Maine Attorney General and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 1, 2024 → Filed with AG Mar 5, 202433d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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
Vermont State AGbd_61bc70b3f8beb28b2024-03-05Verified
Indiana State AGbd_f5271d9683ba1cbe2024-03-05Verified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

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: 134state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed Data Breach Notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 Months of Credit Monitoring through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 33d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 1, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Mar 5, 2024
33d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 1, 2024 → Filed with AG: Mar 5, 2024	33d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 5 · first

Vermont State AGMar 5 · first

Indiana State AGMar 5 · first

Maine 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/04afa54b-9436-4d77-87fc-a255d7dac05e.shtml
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: 4cd80a7600e59df9af3471e842d71175f1df43e8c1a14a9cf980a38694ac6796

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityBethany Church

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2024

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov