MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

Town of North Providence

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 14, 2025

Filed

Jul 23, 2025

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,7865 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Town of North Providence →

Town of North Providence experienced a ransomware incident detected on May 14, 2025. An unauthorized third party accessed the network, encrypted data, and exfiltrated employee personal information. The investigation concluded on June 25, 2025. Five New Hampshire residents and approximately 1,781 Rhode Island residents were affected. The Town wiped and rebuilt affected systems, notified the FBI, and offered credit monitoring to impacted individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

May 14, 2025

Discovered

Jul 23, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_1e9662eaf4d750572025-07-23Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_6c46ae5b94d1bff42025-07-23Verified

Name: Town of North Providence
norm: town of north providence

Name: Town of North Providence
norm: town of north providence
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 14, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 23, 2025
Affected individuals: 1,786state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI

During the incident: Engaged counsel and third-party forensic specialists to conduct an investigation
Secured its network
Wiped and rebuilt affected systems
Notified the FBI and is fully cooperating with their investigation
Offered free credit monitoring and identity theft protection through CyberScout
Changes made: Reviewing and revising technical safeguards and enhancements to prevent a similar incident
Reviewing and altering policies, procedures, and network security software relating to the security of its systems and servers
Reviewing how it stores and manages data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGJul 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 23 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 23 · 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/town-north-providence-20250723.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 23, 2025
Raw hash: 6ce19d01a4b9f19f5f63c697374b1fcc1773b8e7400ff9ea64bd72c703a64eca

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTown of North Providence

Victim entityTown of North Providence

Incidentdiscovered May 14, 2025

Stated responseEngaged counsel and third-party forensic specialists to conduct an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov