HackingGovernmentGovernmentVulnerability ExploitTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

The City of Canton, State of Ohio

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jul 25, 2024

Filed

Oct 11, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

269,27611 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The City of Canton, State of Ohio →

The City of Canton, Ohio, experienced an external system breach (hacking) on July 23, 2024, discovered on July 25, 2024. Approximately 269,276 individuals were affected, including 11 Maine residents. Data accessed included names, driver's license numbers, and addresses. The City engaged a cybersecurity firm, notified affected individuals on October 11, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 25, 2024 → Filed with AG Oct 11, 202478d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Jul 23, 2024

Begins

Jul 25, 2024

Discovered

Oct 11, 2024

Filed

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_88a313641326e18b2024-10-11Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d7f8abd649b2da5e2024-10-11Verified
Vermont State AGbd_f4fe2fdd12378ae02024-10-11Verified

Name: The City of Canton, State of Ohio
norm: city of canton

Name: The City of Canton, State of Ohio
norm: the city of canton state of ohio
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jul 25, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 23, 2024
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 11, 2024
Affected individuals: 269,276state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a specialized cybersecurity firm to investigate
Moved quickly to initiate an investigation to remediate the incident
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Enhance the security of our systems moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 78d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 25, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Oct 11, 2024
78d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 25, 2024 → Filed with AG: Oct 11, 2024	78d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 11 · first

Indiana State AGOct 11 · first

Vermont State AGOct 11 · first

Maine State AGOct 11 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/9edd1426-6b3a-4a8e-9bd8-a53af867b652.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 11, 2024
Raw hash: 5f953997385d21d023f1480528e475b752991d230c8d45711e46ce3861d29d87

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe City of Canton, State of Ohio

Victim entityThe City of Canton, State of Ohio

Incidentdiscovered Jul 25, 2024

Stated responseEngaged a specialized cybersecurity firm to investigate

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov