Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Catholic Diocese of Cleveland

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 12, 2024

Filed

Jul 10, 2024

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Catholic Diocese of Cleveland →2 incidents on file

The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland notified consumers of a data breach involving unauthorized access to an employee's email account between Dec 14, 2023 and Jan 12, 2024. The incident likely exposed names and additional personal data. The Diocese engaged forensic investigators, contained the breach, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian IdentityWorks.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday26 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 · 29 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 180 days

Dec 14, 2023

Begins

Jan 12, 2024

Discovered

Jul 10, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_8a8733f78e2c49902024-07-10Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_87433c3970a9adc02024-05-02 · +69dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_0d35c1a84a132ff72024-04-29 · +72dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_21ddc3aa2c09650b2024-04-29 · +72dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 79d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_0cc8c4367841e0a32024-04-26 · +75dVerified
Montana State AGbd_8e8c782f32766d3c2024-04-22 · +79dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_e8e6f12187ab27d32024-04-22 · +79dVerified

Name: Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
norm: catholic diocese of cleveland

Name: Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
norm: catholic diocese of cleveland
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 12, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 14, 2023 – Jan 12, 2024
Undetected for: 29 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 8, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Contained the incident
Engaged third-party cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive manual review of the affected data
Provided 12-months of complimentary services through Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(180 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 · 8 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGApr 22 · first

Maine State AGApr 22 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Indiana State AG+7d

Vermont State AG+7d

Massachusetts State AG+10d

Maine State AG+79d

Vermont State AG+79d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 22 (MT), last Jul 10 (VT) — a 79-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-07-10-catholic-diocese-cleveland-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 10, 2024
Raw hash: 913bc71fa6f591b8c232f5620550ceafb69723768eb393af7f48274a4ca6797f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCatholic Diocese of Cleveland

Victim entityCatholic Diocese of Cleveland

Incidentdiscovered Jan 12, 2024

Stated responseContained the incident

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov