HackingGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Middleton

bd_5c147a5125539f69 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 6, 2024

Filed

Feb 6, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Middleton →

Middleton Heat & Air, Inc. reported a data event in Nebraska affecting 1 resident. Unauthorized access occurred between Sept 1-8, 2024; discovered Sept 6, 2024. Affected data included names, SSNs, and driver's licenses. Response included forensic investigation, law enforcement notification, and 1-year credit monitoring via IDX.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

Sep 1, 2024

Begins

Sep 6, 2024

Discovered

Feb 6, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Middleton
norm: middleton
Domain: mymiddleton.com

Name: Middleton
norm: middleton
Domain: mymiddleton.com

Discovered: Sep 6, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2024 – Sep 8, 2024
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 6, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators where required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure their systems and launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through IDX, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing security policies and have implemented additional cybersecurity measures to further protect against similar events moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/Middleton Heat and Air, Inc. - Notice of Data Event - NE.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 6, 2025
Raw hash: 6b9e5e6ee9b1019292d3743ce12a91cb8bb73df03a32ffa63cd3d2dd410744fb

Reporting entityMiddleton

Victim entityMiddleton

Incidentdiscovered Sep 6, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure their systems and launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov