HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Town of Bedford, Massachusetts

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 19, 2024

Filed

Jun 2, 2025

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

55state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Town of Bedford, Massachusetts →2 incidents on file

Town of Bedford, MA, notified NH AG of a Nov 19, 2024 email compromise affecting 55 NH residents. Data included names and SSNs. Bedford secured systems, engaged experts, and offered 12 months of identity protection via TransUnion/Cyberscout.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 195 days

Nov 19, 2024

Begins

Nov 19, 2024

Discovered

Jun 2, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_8f4cdcec60b439632025-06-09 · +7dVerified

Name: Town of Bedford, Massachusetts
norm: town of bedford massachusetts

Name: Town of Bedford, Massachusetts
norm: town of bedford massachusetts
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Nov 19, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 19, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 23, 2025
Affected individuals: 55state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
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: Secured and remediated the compromise
Engaged additional third-party experts
Enhanced its data security
Commenced an investigation
Worked with specialized third parties to investigate
Took appropriate remedial and hardening steps to enhance network security and data privacy
Mailed notification letters to affected residents
Arranged for complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Collaborated with law enforcement
Changes made: Hardened and enhanced data security
Continuous awareness training and assessment of data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(195 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 2 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jun 2 (NH), last Jun 9 (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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/town-bedford-massachusetts-20250602.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 2, 2025
Raw hash: 9e318857153ddd94084272f019f877334a09474b65019342bba30ba0050d209f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTown of Bedford, Massachusetts

Victim entityTown of Bedford, Massachusetts

Incidentdiscovered Nov 19, 2024

Stated responseSecured and remediated the compromise

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov