HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

County of Cumberland

bd_4c81f48289759c9d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 4, 2023

Filed

Feb 14, 2024

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for County of Cumberland →

On October 4, 2023, the County of Cumberland (PA) discovered unauthorized access to an employee's email account, which lasted approximately 90 minutes. A forensic investigation determined that personal information of one New Hampshire resident was present in the account at the time of access. The County engaged third-party forensic specialists, reviewed the account contents, and is offering credit monitoring services to the affected individual. Additional safeguards and employee training are being implemented.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 133 days

Oct 4, 2023

Begins

Oct 4, 2023

Discovered

Feb 14, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_46280cde45022bb52024-02-14Verified
Maine State AGbd_c1fa7c4f8ccf36af2024-02-14Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_ffe1a6097949e6302024-02-14Verified

Name: County of Cumberland
norm: county of cumberland
Domain: cumberlandcountypa.gov

Name: County of Cumberland
norm: county of cumberland
Domain: cumberlandcountypa.gov
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Oct 4, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 4, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 14, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided written notice to relevant state regulators

During the incident: Immediately launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Undertook a comprehensive and time-intensive review of the contents of the email account
Providing access to credit monitoring services for affected individuals through Experian IdentityWorks
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one’s credit file
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(133 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 14 · first

Maine State AGFeb 14 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 14 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 14 · 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/county-cumberland-pennsylvania-20240214.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 14, 2024
Raw hash: 016d20f74e77107a888efabc56d23d9ba91190b7d3ebcb8e53b9e905f8a2fc99

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCounty of Cumberland

Victim entityCounty of Cumberland

Incidentdiscovered Oct 4, 2023

Stated responseImmediately launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov