DisclosureLens
HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Town of Amherst, NY

bd_27246d6f83f899e6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 9, 2026

Filed

Apr 1, 2026

To disclose

23 days

Affected · nationwide

2701 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Town of Amherst, NY →4 incidents on file

Town of Amherst (NH) reported a cybersecurity incident on March 9, 2026, involving potential unauthorized access to employee tax filing data. The breach occurred on February 3, 2026. Affected data includes names and Social Security numbers from W-2 forms. 270 individuals were affected, including 1 Maine resident. The Town engaged external cybersecurity professionals and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Mar 9, 2026 → Filed with AG Apr 1, 202623d ✓ ME AG ≤30d23 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 · 34 days
discovery → filing · 23 days

Feb 3, 2026

Begins

Mar 9, 2026

Discovered

Apr 1, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGApr 1 · first
Maine State AGApr 1 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (MA), last Apr 6 (NH) — a 5-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.