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HackingGovernmentGovernmentData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

City of Carthage, Texas

bd_56dd445ce310aa07 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 17, 2024

Filed

Feb 26, 2026

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for City of Carthage, Texas

The City of Carthage, Texas notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident occurring on or about December 17, 2024. Unauthorized access to City systems resulted in the potential exposure of one New Hampshire resident's full name and Social Security number. The City discovered the specific impact on January 22, 2026, and began notifying the affected individual on February 20, 2026, offering credit monitoring services.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 months / 436 days

Dec 17, 2024

Begins

Dec 17, 2024

Discovered

Feb 26, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filingup to 6d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGFeb 20 · first
Indiana State AGFeb 20 · first
New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 20 (VT), last Feb 26 (NH) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.