MalwareHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareRansomwareStolen CredentialsData EncryptedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Mississippi Children's Home Society, CARES Center, Inc., Mississippi Children's Home Services, Inc.

bd_700f3804cc461f09 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 4, 2023

Filed

Apr 11, 2024

To disclose

12 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mississippi Children's Home Society, CARES Center, Inc., Mississippi Children's Home Services, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Canopy Children’s Solutions (dba of Mississippi Children’s Home Society entities) notified consumers of a ransomware incident discovered on April 4, 2023. An unauthorized actor gained access to network systems, encrypted files, and potentially acquired personal information of current and former members. The organization engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement and HHS, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian. The breach affected individuals in multiple states, including Rhode Island.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday12 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 months / 373 days

Apr 4, 2023

Begins

Apr 4, 2023

Discovered

Apr 11, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+44 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_2cde3cadb662fb5c2024-04-11Verified
Indiana State AGbd_2de4fdf5e0e14b0c2024-04-11Verified
Montana State AGbd_58d85b91b4f8f94f2024-04-11Verified
Washington State AGbd_76e287ea9df649482024-04-11Verified

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Vermont State AGbd_a935f72f5c5e202f2024-02-01 · +70dCandidate

Name: Mississippi Children's Home Society, CARES Center, Inc., Mississippi Children's Home Services, Inc.
norm: mississippi children s home society cares center inc mississippi children s home

Name: Mississippi Children's Home Society, CARES Center, Inc., Mississippi Children's Home Services, Inc.
norm: mississippi children s home society cares center inc mississippi children s home
Also named: Mississippi Children’s Home Society, CARES Center, Inc., Mississippi Children’s Home Services, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Canopy Children’s Solutionsdba oftrade name
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 4, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 4, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 11, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotifying applicable regulators, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

During the incident: Immediately took steps to secure our systems
Launched an investigation into the full nature and scope of the event with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Notified federal law enforcement of this incident and are cooperating with their investigation
Notifying applicable regulators, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for 12 months through Experian, at no cost to you
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further protect against similar incidents moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 months(373 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Vermont State AGFeb 1 · first

Maine State AG+70d

Indiana State AG+70d

Montana State AG+70d

Washington State AG+70d

Vermont State AG+70d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (VT), last Apr 11 (VT) — a 70-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-04-11-mississippi-childrens-home-society-cares-center-mississippi-childrens-home-services-dba
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 11, 2024
Raw hash: df91cef2baab8b68e35c598580af1a1f2a597f2ffd09083f83686d9b9549871c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMississippi Children's Home Society, CARES Center, Inc., Mississippi Children's Home Services, Inc.

Victim entityMississippi Children's Home Society, CARES Center, Inc., Mississippi Children's Home Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 4, 2023

Stated responseImmediately took steps to secure our systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov