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Social EngineeringOtherPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Catholic Diocese of Cleveland

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 12, 2024

Filed

Apr 22, 2024

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Catholic Diocese of Cleveland2 incidents on file

The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland experienced a phishing incident resulting in unauthorized access to an employee's business email account between December 14, 2023, and January 12, 2024. The Diocese detected the incident on January 12, 2024, and notified affected individuals starting April 5, 2024. Personal information, including names and other data elements, was accessed. The Diocese engaged third-party forensic investigators and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 29 days
discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 101 days

Dec 14, 2023

Begins

Jan 12, 2024

Discovered

Apr 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filingsup to 79d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGApr 22 · first
Montana State AGApr 22 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 22 (ME), last Jul 10 (VT) — a 79-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.