AccidentalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Adoptions From The Heart

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 25, 2024

Filed

Nov 13, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

60state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Adoptions From The Heart →2 incidents on file

Adoptions From the Heart (AFTH) notified the Maryland AG that an internal adoption database was inadvertently indexed by search engines from April 17, 2024, to April 25, 2024. The incident involved 60 Maryland residents and exposed names, SSNs, medical/financial data, and driver's license numbers. No malicious activity was detected. AFTH secured the database, worked with search engines to remove indexes, and provided 1 year of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

Apr 17, 2024

Begins

Apr 25, 2024

Discovered

Nov 13, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed60 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Adoptions From The Heart
norm: adoptions from the heart
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 25, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 17, 2024
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 27, 2025
Affected individuals: 60state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of forensic specialists
Took steps to secure the database to prevent the search engines from further indexing
Coordinated with the public search engines to ensure any contents of the database that had been indexed by their search engines be removed
Initiated a comprehensive programmatic and manual review of the accessible data with the assistance of third-party review specialists
Conducted an additional review of its internal files to identify address information for affected parties
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures relating to the storage of personal information
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year through Experian
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376247.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 13, 2025
Raw hash: 03b846fe077896566c44c5268832feadd6ef35b69b9dd76dbee22c33b23144ab

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAdoptions From The Heart

Incidentdiscovered Apr 25, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov