HackingGovernmentGovernmentTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Government

bd_5d19b47f88482e5b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 28, 2017

Filed

Aug 9, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

22state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Government →

Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments (WARCOG) notified the NH Attorney General on August 9, 2017, of a cyber attack discovered on June 28, 2017. An unknown third party accessed police incident reports, exposing PII of 22 NH residents including SSNs and driver's license numbers. WARCOG engaged forensic investigators and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Jun 28, 2017

Discovered

Aug 9, 2017

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_f55d1fe33db003152017-08-09Candidate
South Carolina State AGbd_8c40ad07bac3a66f2017-08-14 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c299f865e7eb560d2017-08-14 · +5dVerified

Name: Warner Coleman & Goggin
norm: warner coleman goggin

Name: Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Government
norm: wooster ashland regional council of government
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jun 28, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 7, 2017
Affected individuals: 22state-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 AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: FBI notified WARCOGFBI is currently investigating the incidentreported the incident to local law enforcement

During the incident: Undertaking an internal investigation of the matter
Reported the incident to local law enforcement
Engaged the services of an independent computer forensic firm
Reviewing its internal policies and data management protocols
Implemented enhanced security measures
Arranged to have Equifax protect the affected individuals' identity for one year
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures to help prevent this type of incident from recurring
Reviewing its internal policies and data management protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGAug 9 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 9 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Aug 9 (MT), last Aug 14 (MA) — a 5-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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/wooster-ashland-20170809.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 9, 2017
Raw hash: 924a7ed749ccb123539b04a7bdae8916ab90fb0e73a2e592cfebb21c4206b12d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWarner Coleman & Goggin

Victim entityWooster-Ashland Regional Council of Government

Incidentdiscovered Jun 28, 2017

Stated responseUndertaking an internal investigation of the matter

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov