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Mercy Ships

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 11, 2023

Filed

Apr 13, 2023

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mercy Ships →

Mercy Ships notified consumers of a data breach where an unknown third party accessed systems from Dec 22, 2022 to Jan 12, 2023. The incident involved unauthorized access to systems containing names and variable personal data. Mercy Ships engaged law enforcement and forensic investigators, enhanced security measures, and offered two years of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday13 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Dec 22, 2022

Begins

Jan 11, 2023

Discovered

Apr 13, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4e51cd1ae04217e32023-04-13Verified
Indiana State AGbd_816dfd55740a5eaa2023-04-13Verified

Name: Mercy Ships
norm: mercy ships
Domain: mercyships.org

Name: Mercy Ships
norm: mercy ships
Domain: mercyships.org
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jan 11, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 22, 2022 – Jan 12, 2023
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Apr 13, 2023
Notification sent: Apr 13, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Began an internal investigation and began restoring our systems
Worked with law enforcement
Engaged a forensic security firm to investigate and confirm the security of our computer systems
Offering a complimentary two-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks SM Credit 3B
Changes made: Enhancing our technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 13 · first

Indiana State AGApr 13 · first

Vermont State AGApr 13 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-04-13-mercy-ships-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 13, 2023
Raw hash: f8aa3108002d2ca8d4aa82fc7ee2d7bdcc3e760df4a76a7392799b599eb86708

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMercy Ships

Victim entityMercy Ships

Incidentdiscovered Jan 11, 2023

Stated responseBegan an internal investigation and began restoring our systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov