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Plainview Volunteer Fire Department

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 9, 2025

Filed

Nov 14, 2025

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

57%

Plainview Volunteer Fire Department notified consumers of a data security incident discovered on August 9, 2025. Forensic investigation concluded October 13, 2025. No evidence of data access or misuse was found. The Department engaged forensic specialists, secured its network, contacted law enforcement, and offered IDX identity theft protection services to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday14 weeks 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

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Aug 9, 2025

Discovered

Nov 14, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ransomhouse about this victim predates this filing by 96 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteransomhousebd_6ba3b12bdfcd0a012025-08-10 · +96dCandidate

Name: Plainview Volunteer Fire Department
norm: plainview volunteer fire department
Domain: plainviewfd.org

Name: Plainview Volunteer Fire Department
norm: plainview volunteer fire department
Domain: plainviewfd.org

Discovered: Aug 9, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 14, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: —
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Engaged forensic computer specialists to determine the scope and nature of the suspicious activity
Taken administrative and technical measures to secure its network environment
Contacted law enforcement to inform them of the incident
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Taken several technical and administrative steps to further enhance the security of our systems and environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
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.

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-11-14-plainview-volunteer-fire-department-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 14, 2025
Raw hash: 63f42fd156934005d2beaf29e58e805992a5efc9b536a0d4f9cfc7a3a8cf9fd1

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Reporting entityPlainview Volunteer Fire Department

Victim entityPlainview Volunteer Fire Department

Incidentdiscovered Aug 9, 2025

Stated responseEngaged forensic computer specialists to determine the scope and nature of the suspicious activity

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov