Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Howard County Library

bd_3f99aeb1e824c7b8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 21, 2023

Filed

Jun 2, 2023

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Howard County Library →

Howard County Library System reported unauthorized access to an employee's email account between Feb 17-21, 2023, discovered on Feb 21, 2023. The incident involved one New Hampshire resident's PII. HCLS secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and offered credit monitoring. No fraud was identified.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 101 days

Feb 17, 2023

Begins

Feb 21, 2023

Discovered

Apr 19, 2023

Scope determined

Jun 2, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0bf37beba8879ef42023-06-02Verified

Name: Howard County Library
norm: howard county library
Domain: howard.biblionix.com

Name: Howard County Library
norm: howard county library
Domain: howard.biblionix.com
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 21, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 17, 2023 – Feb 21, 2023
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Apr 19, 2023
Notification sent: Jun 2, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email account
Began an internal investigation
Engaged a forensic security firm to assist with its investigation
Notified the individuals whose personal information may have been involved in the incident
Provided complimentary credit monitoring to individuals depending on the sensitive personal information involved
Changes made: Enhancing its technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(101 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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Massachusetts State AGJun 2 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 2 · first · this page

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/howard-county-library-system-20230602.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 2, 2023
Raw hash: d2e6a6288a4c3673946b6470a1af1a8d2bb0e4cda16bf23b951b856f570a4f55

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHoward County Library

Victim entityHoward County Library

Incidentdiscovered Feb 21, 2023

Stated responseSecured the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov