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HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Forsyth County, Georgia

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 9, 2023

Filed

Jun 6, 2023

To disclose

28 days

Affected · nationwide

1,7261 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

75%
Full breach record for Forsyth County, Georgia →

Forsyth County, Georgia, a government entity, experienced an external system breach (hacking) that occurred from December 26, 2022, to January 24, 2023. The breach was discovered on May 9, 2023. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. One Maine resident was affected. The county provided written notification to affected individuals on June 6, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered May 9, 2023 → Filed with AG Jun 6, 202328d ✓ ME AG ≤30d28 days discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 134 days
discovery → filing · 28 days

Dec 26, 2022

Begins

May 9, 2023

Discovered

Jun 6, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGJun 6 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+3d
Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jun 6 (ME), last Jun 13 (MA) — a 7-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.