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HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

Mercy Home for Children

bd_c941ce8b9e5041d4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 21, 2023

Filed

Mar 20, 2024

To disclose

13 months

Affected · nationwide

3561 in this filing

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Mercy Home for Children →

Mercy Home for Children, a healthcare organization, reported an external system breach that occurred and was discovered on February 21, 2023. The breach affected 356 individuals, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. Written notifications were sent to the affected consumers on March 20, 2024, and 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services were offered.

Maine clockDiscovered Feb 21, 2023 → Filed with AG Mar 20, 2024393d ✗ ME AG >90d13 months 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 · 13 months / 393 days

Feb 21, 2023

Begins

Feb 21, 2023

Discovered

Mar 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+44 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed356 affectedView incident

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.