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Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 15, 2021

Filed

Dec 7, 2021

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore →3 incidents on file

Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore notified individuals of a phishing incident discovered on June 15, 2021. Unauthorized access to email accounts occurred between April 25 and July 20, 2021. The breach potentially exposed personal information contained in emails/attachments. The organization secured accounts, engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, implemented MFA, and offered 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks. No actual misuse was confirmed.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 51 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 175 days

Apr 25, 2021

Begins

Jun 15, 2021

Discovered

Dec 7, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5c07e550b952253a2021-12-07Verified
Delaware State AGbd_641f4d2fafd85c232021-12-02 · +5dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_ff2886f3f895ad4f2021-12-02 · +5dVerified

Name: Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore
norm: easterseals delaware maryland s eastern shore

Name: Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore
norm: easterseals delaware maryland s eastern shore
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 15, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 25, 2021 – Jul 20, 2021
Undetected for: 51 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 2, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIICredentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email account
Worked with computer forensics professionals to investigate the incident
Reset account passwords
Implemented multi-factor authentication for all Easterseals email accounts
Partnered with computer forensics professionals to thoroughly investigate the incident
Notified potentially affected individuals
Offered a complimentary 12-month membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authentication for all Easterseals email accounts
Continue to evaluate ways to strengthen our email security going forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(175 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Delaware State AGDec 2 · first

Indiana State AGDec 2 · first

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Delaware State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 2 (DE), last Dec 7 (DE) — a 5-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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2021/12/Easterseals-Exhibit-1-DE-Notice.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 7, 2021
Raw hash: 26f5d8ee5bddb4947826a3c78962999659c7260c8fc93df5d19402b5f1e24181

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEasterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore

Victim entityEasterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore

Incidentdiscovered Jun 15, 2021

Stated responseSecured the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov