UnknownProfessional ServicesEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

The Mission Essential Group

bd_a7c7c776946235a6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 1, 2022

Filed

Jul 20, 2023

To disclose

46 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for The Mission Essential Group →

The Mission Essential Group notified individuals of a potential incident where email accounts may have been accessed by an unauthorized actor. The company was notified by federal law enforcement in September 2022. An investigation with cybersecurity specialists could not validate unauthorized access, but notice was provided out of an abundance of caution to employees, contractors, and their families. The review of affected individuals was completed on April 19, 2023. No evidence of actual misuse was found.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 1, 2022 → Notified Jul 20, 2023322d ✗ CA 60-day late46 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

Apr 19, 2023

Begins

Jul 20, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_3d7454b58fef86d02023-07-20Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_46011a4ca1a2bcc42023-07-20Verified
Indiana State AGbd_5572a7a5a064d4e12023-07-20Verified
Maine State AGbd_f2df69619b60d9ec2023-07-20Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_fa75fdb74596230d2023-07-20Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_8981b538ef4a10da2023-07-25 · +5dVerified

Name: MISSION
norm: mission
Domain: boatgear.missionoutdoor.com

Name: The Mission Essential Group
norm: the mission essential

Discovered: Sep 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Apr 19, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 20, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Notified by federal law enforcement authorities of a potential incident

During the incident: Commenced an investigation with the assistance of industry leading cybersecurity specialists
Working with human resources vendor to prepare a list of all current and former employees, contractors and their spouses and dependents
Providing complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Reviewing and updating existing policies and procedures relating to data protection and security
Investigating additional security measures to further enhance data protections
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 46 weeks(322 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 322d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Sep 1, 2022
→ Notified: Jul 20, 2023
322d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 1, 2022 → Notified: Jul 20, 2023	322d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGJul 20 · first

Vermont State AGJul 20 · first

Indiana State AGJul 20 · first

Maine State AGJul 20 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 20 · first

California State AGJul 20 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jul 20 (MT), last Jul 25 (NH) — a 5-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-570584
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 20, 2023
Raw hash: e9e49a06be02310b2692aeadb99c211ceb6fc513ddc5d8763746b2306305be13

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMISSION

Victim entityThe Mission Essential Group

Incidentdiscovered Sep 1, 2022

Stated responseCommenced an investigation with the assistance of industry leading cybersecurity specialists

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov