HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Town of Boxford, Massachusetts

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 29, 2025

Filed

Jun 25, 2025

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

51state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Town of Boxford, Massachusetts →2 incidents on file

The Town of Boxford, Massachusetts, reported a network compromise detected on April 29, 2025. The incident potentially exposed personal information, including dates of birth and Social Security numbers, for 51 New Hampshire residents. Boxford engaged third-party experts, enhanced security, retrained staff, and notified law enforcement. Notification letters were mailed on June 25, 2025, offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Apr 29, 2025

Discovered

Jun 25, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed51 affectedView incident

Name: Town of Boxford, Massachusetts
norm: town of boxford massachusetts

Name: Town of Boxford, Massachusetts
norm: town of boxford massachusetts
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Apr 29, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 25, 2025
Affected individuals: 51state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured and remediated the compromise
Engaged additional third-party experts
Enhanced its data security
Commenced an investigation
Worked with experts to investigate how the incident occurred
Take appropriate hardening steps to enhance network security and data privacy
Retraining employees on phishing and information governance
Notified law enforcement regarding this incident
Mailed notification letters to fifty-one (51) residents
Offered complimentary credit monitoring, identity protection services, and identity theft insurance for twelve (12) months through TransUnion
Changes made: Enhanced its data security
Take appropriate hardening steps to enhance network security and data privacy
Retraining employees on phishing and information governance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/town-boxford-massachusetts-20250625.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 25, 2025
Raw hash: c9239508db14221a93728a13893fa76d79e2c53df7294376c5796eb3d8aba03c

Reporting entityTown of Boxford, Massachusetts

Victim entityTown of Boxford, Massachusetts

Incidentdiscovered Apr 29, 2025

Stated responseSecured and remediated the compromise

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov