MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Upper Merion Township

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 27, 2023

Filed

Sep 25, 2024

To disclose

39 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Upper Merion Township →

Upper Merion Township notified consumers that malware affected its network on December 27, 2023, leading to unauthorized access and acquisition of data containing names and Social Security numbers. The Township engaged external cybersecurity professionals and law enforcement. It is offering credit monitoring and fraud assistance services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday39 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 39 weeks / 273 days

Dec 27, 2023

Begins

Dec 27, 2023

Discovered

Sep 25, 2024

Filed

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

A leak claim by qilin about this victim was first seen 228 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteqilinbd_4fff3189e4da91352024-01-15 · +254dCandidate

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_8833350d87da4b712024-09-25Verified
Maine State AGbd_a4fecec24afa4c0e2024-09-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_f2ada2a21b0816752024-09-25Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d092364ac345cdc92024-09-30 · +5dVerified by operator

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Massachusetts State AGbd_bd5c8875b48298d42024-10-16 · +21dVerified by operator

Name: Upper Merion Township
norm: upper merion township

Name: Upper Merion Township
norm: upper merion township
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Dec 27, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 27, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 25, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked closely with external cybersecurity professionals and law enforcement
Changes made: Reviewed its existing policies and training protocols relating to data protection
Enhancing security measures and monitoring tools to mitigate risk and better prevent similar incidents in the future
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring services for months at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 39 weeks(273 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGSep 25 · first

Maine State AGSep 25 · first

Montana State AGSep 25 · first

Vermont State AGSep 25 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+21d

Pattern: first filing Sep 25 (IN), last Oct 16 (MA) — a 21-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-09-25-upper-merion-township-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 25, 2024
Raw hash: d6461c0339e87cee9b5c12a53164a5202f4d30103e185c549d4b7509fe6c0a4e

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUpper Merion Township

Victim entityUpper Merion Township

Incidentdiscovered Dec 27, 2023

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov