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ChurchShield

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 1, 2024

Filed

Dec 29, 2024

To disclose

28 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for ChurchShield2 incidents on file

ChurchShield, a provider of accounting, tax, and payroll services, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between August 26 and September 14, 2023. The incident was discovered on December 1, 2024. One Maine resident was affected. Compromised data included names, Social Security numbers, bank account information, and dates of birth. ChurchShield engaged outside cybersecurity professionals and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Equifax.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 1, 2024Filed with AG Dec 29, 202428d ME AG ≤30d28 days 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 · 463 days
discovery → filing · 28 days

Aug 26, 2023

Begins

Dec 1, 2024

Discovered

Dec 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGDec 27 · first
Indiana State AGDec 27 · first
Maine State AG+2d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 27 (VT), last Jan 3 (NH) — a 7-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.