Social EngineeringGovernmentGovernmentPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Metropolitan Council

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 12, 2024

Filed

Dec 4, 2024

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Metropolitan Council →

Metropolitan Council’s Housing and Redevelopment Authority notified individuals of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between March 27 and May 27, 2024, discovered April 12, 2024. Access potentially exposed names, addresses, phone numbers, and SSNs. No evidence of misuse. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 16 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 236 days

Mar 27, 2024

Begins

Apr 12, 2024

Discovered

Dec 4, 2024

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_0970638fea8e98152024-12-04Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7e63071c711699772024-12-03 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_19dd3eaf23b9625c2024-12-06 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_74e62c065020c6722024-12-06 · +2dVerified

Name: Metropolitan Council
norm: metropolitan council

Name: Metropolitan Council
norm: metropolitan council
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Apr 12, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 27, 2024 – May 27, 2024
Undetected for: 16 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 3, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reporting this event to appropriate regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to ensure the security of the email tenant
Launched a comprehensive investigation with the assistance of cybersecurity specialists
Reporting this event to appropriate regulators
Offering 12/24 months of complimentary credit monitoring through IDX
Changes made: Reviewing policies, procedures, and training protocol to reduce the risk of a similar events from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(236 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGDec 3 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

Maine State AG+3d

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/2025/03/Consumer-notification-letter-9.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 4, 2024
Raw hash: 92fa73d223ed77211a3dfbde0a26e66a3a92d49db80b68cc8ed924db1ef5ade7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMetropolitan Council

Victim entityMetropolitan Council

Incidentdiscovered Apr 12, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to ensure the security of the email tenant

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov