HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)HighContained

Easterseals Central Illinois

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 1, 2024

Filed

Oct 15, 2024

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected · nationwide

14,8554 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Easterseals Central Illinois →3 incidents on file

Easterseals Central Illinois, a healthcare provider, reported an external system breach discovered on April 1, 2024. The incident affected 14,855 individuals, exposing names, addresses, driver's licenses, SSNs, and some PHI. Notices were sent on October 14, 2024, offering 12 months of credit monitoring. Remediation included MFA and endpoint security.

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Maine clockDiscovered Apr 1, 2024 → Filed with AG Oct 15, 2024197d ✗ ME AG >90d28 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 197 days

Apr 1, 2024

Begins

Apr 1, 2024

Discovered

Oct 15, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_087b02961be71f7d2024-10-15Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_3fa9d056c3e152a32024-10-14 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_035315747d5cf1ae2024-10-01 · +14dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Easterseals Central Illinois
norm: easterseals central illinois
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 1, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 14, 2024
Affected individuals: 14,855state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Disconnected all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm and IT personnel to assist with securing the environment
Conducted a comprehensive forensic investigation
Offered twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Cyberscout, a TransUnion company
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Deploying an industry leading endpoint security software
Implementation of cloud-based servers
Credential hardening including adopting multi-factor authentication
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(197 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 197dME resident >180d · 196d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Apr 1, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Oct 15, 2024
197d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Apr 1, 2024
→ Notified: Oct 14, 2024
196d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Apr 1, 2024 → Filed with AG: Oct 15, 2024	197d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Apr 1, 2024 → Notified: Oct 14, 2024	196d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Illinois State AGOct 1 · first

Indiana State AG+13d

Montana State AG+14d

Maine State AG+14d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 1 (IL), last Oct 15 (ME) — a 14-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/4b128743-6331-40eb-8c9f-39f1ac8435b3.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 15, 2024
Raw hash: 881bcdd5c4621a669c203aedab890de7fd4d27e79c4ae35eb6698175ffbc9cbf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityEasterseals Central Illinois

Incidentdiscovered Apr 1, 2024

Stated responseDisconnected all access to the network

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov