HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Melwood Inc

bd_c9c8e9bbde6971a5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 9, 2025

Filed

Jan 26, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Melwood Inc →3 incidents on file

Melwood, Inc. disclosed a data breach affecting approximately 3 Nebraska residents. Between August 9 and 17, 2025, an unknown cyber actor accessed the network and copied files containing names and Social Security numbers. Melwood notified federal law enforcement, provided 12 months of free credit monitoring via TransUnion, and issued notices to affected individuals on January 26, 2026.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d

Incident timeline

Aug 9, 2025

Begins

Aug 9, 2025

Discovered

Jan 26, 2026

Filed

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

A leak claim by sinobi about this victim predates this filing by 139 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitesinobibd_e7199eeb06adcd2f2025-09-08 · +139dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_358415406c58746a2026-01-26Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_94b45510195fb47a2026-01-26Verified

Name: Melwood Inc
norm: melwood
Domain: melwood.org

Name: Melwood Inc
norm: melwood
Domain: melwood.org
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 9, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 9, 2025 – Aug 17, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 26, 2026
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Placed a notice on its website to provide information about this matter
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through TransUnion, to notified individuals at no cost
Provided notified individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Evaluating and updating its policies and practices to mitigate the risk of a matter like this reoccurring
Reviewing staff training and supervision practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >90d
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

View merged incident ↗

Vermont State AGJan 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 26 · first

Nebraska State AGJan 26 · first · this page

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/704de9a6-116e-4615-958f-0346973e0a4c.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 26, 2026
Raw hash: 205c97542d4f40291d3bed799520d075adcd7955555758ff415afb3c9a336483

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMelwood Inc

Victim entityMelwood Inc

Incidentdiscovered Aug 9, 2025

Stated responseNotified federal law enforcement regarding the event

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov