HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Mike Ferry Organization

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 22, 2024

Filed

Apr 15, 2024

To disclose

24 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Mike Ferry Organization →

The Mike Ferry Organization experienced a cybersecurity incident on December 18, 2023, where an unauthorized party gained access to its network. The incident exposed names and Social Security Numbers of current/former employees, contractors, and clients. The company contained the breach, engaged forensic investigators, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d24 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 95 days

discovery → filing · 24 days

Dec 18, 2023

Begins

Mar 22, 2024

Discovered

Apr 15, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

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

A leak claim by alphalocker about this victim was first seen 82 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitealphalockerbd_04380aff10b8ce182024-01-24 · +81dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1dcb05e551310f1c2024-04-16 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8b94471b94c27db72024-04-16 · +1dVerified

Name: The Mike Ferry Organization
norm: the mike ferry organization
Domain: mikeferry.com

Name: The Mike Ferry Organization
norm: the mike ferry organization
Domain: mikeferry.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 22, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 18, 2023
Undetected for: 95 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 15, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Shut off all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party forensic incident response firm
Retained third-party IT specialists to determine the scope of the incident
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and enhanced security measures
Reviewed and taken steps to enhance policies and procedures relating to the security of our systems
Enhanced information life cycle management
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30dVT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGApr 15 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/2024-04-15-mike-ferry-organization-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 15, 2024
Raw hash: da80ec7af65aeca6124c53c1a96b96f8b252a451853f2547e0f0c954db055e12

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Mike Ferry Organization

Victim entityThe Mike Ferry Organization

Incidentdiscovered Mar 22, 2024

Stated responseShut off all access to the network

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov