HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

City of Charlottesville

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 22, 2019

Filed

Sep 30, 2019

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for City of Charlottesville →2 incidents on file

City of Charlottesville notified NH AG of unauthorized access to an employee email account between March 19 and April 22, 2019. Investigation concluded August 27, 2019, revealing exposure of names and SSNs for 10 NH residents. Notification sent September 27, 2019, including credit monitoring offers.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 34 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 161 days

Mar 19, 2019

Begins

Apr 22, 2019

Discovered

Sep 30, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 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_6b4a36453c9957f12019-09-27 · +3dCandidate

Name: City of Charlottesville
norm: city of charlottesville

Name: City of Charlottesville
norm: city of charlottesville
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Apr 22, 2019
Breach occurred: Mar 19, 2019 – Apr 22, 2019
Undetected for: 34 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 27, 2019
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
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: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Provided written notification to affected residents
Offered complimentary one-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Advised affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(161 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 AGSep 27 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · 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/city-of-charlottesville-20190930.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 30, 2019
Raw hash: 92845f3a905632156669b3c7b98db16bb853531d4925b52b2a04d4ea16cba246

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCity of Charlottesville

Victim entityCity of Charlottesville

Incidentdiscovered Apr 22, 2019

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov