HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)AuthenticationBiometricMinorMediumContained

City of Bedford, Texas

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 9, 2025

Filed

May 18, 2026

To disclose

13 months

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for City of Bedford, Texas →

City of Bedford, Texas notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security event affecting one NH resident. Unauthorized third-party access occurred April 5-9, 2025, detected April 9, 2025. Data included names, credentials, biometrics, health info, financial details, and government IDs. Notices mailed May 21, 2026. Remediation included MFA expansion and security tool reviews.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 404 days

Apr 5, 2025

Begins

Apr 9, 2025

Discovered

May 18, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+47 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3b614a60a8e748b72026-05-18Verified
Indiana State AGbd_a078b079ac30f20f2026-05-21 · +3dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_fbf1d937c2680d342026-05-21 · +3dVerified
Texas State AGbd_f40314fa897a81032026-05-15 · +3dVerified by operator

Name: City of Bedford, Texas
norm: city of bedford texas
Domain: bedfordtx.gov
Industry: government_public

Name: City of Bedford, Texas
norm: city of bedford texas
Domain: bedfordtx.gov
Industry: government_public
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Apr 9, 2025
Breach occurred: Apr 5, 2025 – Apr 9, 2025
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 21, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)AuthenticationBiometricMinor
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged outside counsel
Retained cybersecurity experts to conduct a forensic investigation
Engaged a data-review vendor
Notified law enforcement
Mailed notices to affected individuals
Provided substitute notice
Changes made: Expanded multifactor authentication
Re-evaluated all security tools
Added dedicated ransomware protection software
Performed a full review of cybersecurity policies/procedures
Implemented least privilege security practice inside IT admin accounts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(404 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Texas State AGMay 15 · first

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

Indiana State AG+6d

Nebraska State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing May 15 (TX), last May 21 (NE) — a 6-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-bedford-texas-20260518.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 18, 2026
Raw hash: 7f84bd6311195ba51112b041f639b45840350a01fd2929a813bcb6d94552e4bf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCity of Bedford, Texas

Victim entityCity of Bedford, Texas

Incidentdiscovered Apr 9, 2025

Stated responseEngaged outside counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov