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Starkville Utilities

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 23, 2024

Filed

May 12, 2025

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Starkville Utilities →

Starkville Utilities reported a data incident discovered on October 23, 2024, involving unauthorized access to its computer network. One New Hampshire resident was affected. The utility engaged forensic investigators, secured the network, and implemented enhanced security measures including MFA and EDR. Affected individuals were notified and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 201 days

Oct 23, 2024

Discovered

May 12, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_07cace361dc63e0a2025-05-06 · +6dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_5df7e20093e910412025-05-06 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_600c70b2e22bdb642025-05-06 · +6dCandidate
Vermont State AGbd_a5adbb940673faa62025-05-06 · +6dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_daf12b7fb8d203d32025-05-06 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a3a2d8f699c5d19c2025-05-19 · +7dVerified

Name: Starkville Utilities
norm: starkville utilities

Name: Starkville Utilities
norm: starkville utilities
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Oct 23, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 6, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disconnected all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party incident response firm to assist with securing the environment
Conducted a comprehensive forensic investigation
Engaged a third-party data mining vendor to perform a review of the information
Finalized the list of individuals to notify
Mailed notification letters to affected individuals
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through HaystackID
Changes made: Deployed endpoint detection and response software for network security
Engaged third-party firm specializing in EDR to provide 24/7 monitoring and response services
Changed domain usernames and passwords for all network accounts
Conducted password reset for all e-mail accounts
Implemented multi-factor authentication on remote access systems
Implemented new email security software
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(201 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 6 · first

Nebraska State AGMay 6 · first

Maine State AGMay 6 · first

Vermont State AGMay 6 · first

Indiana State AGMay 6 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing May 6 (MA), last May 19 (NH) — a 13-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/starkville-utilities-20250512.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 12, 2025
Raw hash: 0e78df86cba791249a4e672b5149e20b0298279311c6622c16165e464ddad8ef

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStarkville Utilities

Victim entityStarkville Utilities

Incidentdiscovered Oct 23, 2024

Stated responseDisconnected all access to the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov