Social EngineeringGovernmentGovernmentPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

City of Fairburn, Georgia

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 10, 2022

Filed

Mar 31, 2023

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for City of Fairburn, Georgia →2 incidents on file

The City of Fairburn, Georgia notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access to two employee email accounts between May 5 and August 10, 2022. The incident involved phishing leading to credential compromise. One NH resident's name and variable data were accessed. The City engaged a cybersecurity firm, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of credit monitoring to the affected individual.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 97 days

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 233 days

May 5, 2022

Begins

Aug 10, 2022

Discovered

Dec 5, 2022

Scope determined

Mar 31, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 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

Montana State AGbd_35126e6ba0a8fec82023-03-31Candidate

Name: City of Fairburn, Georgia
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Name: City of Fairburn, Georgia
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Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Aug 10, 2022
Breach occurred: May 5, 2022 – Aug 10, 2022
Undetected for: 97 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Dec 5, 2022
Notification sent: Mar 31, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email accounts
Commenced an investigation
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to assist
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Offering complimentary one-year membership to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Taking steps further to enhance existing security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(233 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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Montana State AGMar 31 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 31 · 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/fairburn-georgia-20230331.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 31, 2023
Raw hash: 0bfcdc44b2a700d0fa62d6f972581daeb318e63e2b6c620ae7f9a3ed31b96938

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCity of Fairburn, Georgia

Victim entityCity of Fairburn, Georgia

Incidentdiscovered Aug 10, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov