HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

MERS Missouri Goodwill Industries

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 15, 2023

Filed

May 16, 2024

To disclose

14 months

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for MERS Missouri Goodwill Industries →3 incidents on file

MERS Missouri Goodwill Industries notified affected individuals of a data security incident occurring between March 10-15, 2023. An unauthorized party accessed and removed files containing personal information. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, contained the incident, and offered 12 months of free credit monitoring and fraud assistance via Identity Force.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d14 months 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 · 5 days

discovery → filing · 14 months / 428 days

Mar 10, 2023

Begins

Mar 15, 2023

Discovered

May 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+54 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by blacksuit about this victim predates this filing by 416 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_4f9c35212f09a3e12024-05-16Verified
Maine State AGbd_6cd47d73367cbe3e2024-05-16Verified
Indiana State AGbd_31056c6f55eba66f2024-05-09 · +7dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_1a5d5e15adaf11bd2024-05-01 · +15dVerified

Name: MERS Missouri Goodwill Industries
norm: mers missouri goodwill

Name: MERS Missouri Goodwill Industries
norm: mers missouri goodwill
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 15, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 10, 2023 – Mar 15, 2023
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 5, 2024
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contained the incident
Engaged leading cybersecurity experts to identify what personal information was involved
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance through Identity Force
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(428 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
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 · 5 filings · 4 states

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Illinois State AGMay 1 · first

Indiana State AG+8d

Maine State AG+15d

Montana State AG+15d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 1 (IL), last May 16 (MT) — a 15-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1372.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 16, 2024
Raw hash: 35eb129b63a927e20c47dc16c8eea9db683ff9f4505cd2e473657cb8db391e5e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMERS Missouri Goodwill Industries

Victim entityMERS Missouri Goodwill Industries

Incidentdiscovered Mar 15, 2023

Stated responseContained the incident

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov