HackingOtherStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedPIIHealth (basic)LowContained

The Columbus Foundation

bd_6e85b5718c2dbf4c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 1, 2023

Filed

Sep 11, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Columbus Foundation →

The Columbus Foundation notified individuals in July 2023 that an unauthorized external party posted direct internet links to a limited portion of internal data related to Gifts of Kindness and Emergency Assistance programs. The exposed data included names, addresses, and medical information. No evidence of fraudulent misuse was found. The Foundation removed access, engaged legal counsel, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 72 days

Jul 1, 2023

Discovered

Sep 11, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_1c954e0a4855b2ea2023-09-11Verified
Indiana State AGbd_4dff8a1411dab1c22023-09-08 · +3dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_fae7d45522d0c5c52023-09-08 · +3dVerified

Name: The Columbus Foundation
norm: the columbus

Name: The Columbus Foundation
norm: the columbus
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 1, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Removed all access to the relevant information
Worked closely with outside legal counsel and technical resources
Offering twelve (12) months of identity and credit monitoring at no cost to you through Experian
Changes made: Taking additional steps to further ensure that PII is not inadvertently shared by applicants during the Gifts of Kindness and Emergency Assistance application intake processes and related procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(72 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 · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGSep 8 · first

Vermont State AGSep 8 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Montana State AG+3d · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-659.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 11, 2023
Raw hash: 211c72c50b8a2c6d3a8928ea770c954e484c621cd32b4c61e193a34b58650f3d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Columbus Foundation

Victim entityThe Columbus Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 1, 2023

Stated responseRemoved all access to the relevant information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov