HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The City of Fort Lauderdale

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 20, 2020

Filed

May 8, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

12state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The City of Fort Lauderdale →2 incidents on file

The City of Fort Lauderdale notified the NH AG of a data breach involving its vendor, Paperless Pay. An unknown actor accessed the vendor's database containing names and SSNs of former and current employees. The incident occurred on Feb 19, 2020, was discovered on March 20, 2020, and 12 NH residents were notified on May 1, 2020. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 30 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Feb 19, 2020

Begins

Mar 20, 2020

Discovered

May 8, 2020

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_4e859bdfa2f5753f2020-05-01 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_66e6e4dbeb21bb432020-05-01 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_8612557babba925f2020-05-01 · +7dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: The City of Fort Lauderdale
norm: the city of fort lauderdale
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Mar 20, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 19, 2020
Undetected for: 30 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 1, 2020
Affected individuals: 12state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided notice to New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection BureauProviding written notice of this incident to other state regulators
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature of this incident
Provided notice to individuals of the event
Arranged for credit monitoring to be provided to all impacted individuals
Providing all impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to other state regulators
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMay 1 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 1 · first

Montana State AGMay 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 1 (IN), last May 8 (NH) — 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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/city-fort-lauderdale-20200508.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 8, 2020
Raw hash: 1f1e01dbd2538f2157d19a2fe82211b6c59729c54623fe0627a844c8a8411565

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityThe City of Fort Lauderdale

Incidentdiscovered Mar 20, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature of this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov