HackingIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Starkville Utilities

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 23, 2024

Filed

May 6, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Starkville Utilities →

Starkville Utilities, a public utility in Mississippi, notified the Nebraska Attorney General of a data incident discovered on October 23, 2024. An unauthorized user gained limited access to the network. Five Nebraska residents were affected, with data including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and bank account numbers potentially exposed. Starkville engaged forensic investigators, secured the network, reset credentials, and implemented MFA and EDR. Affected individuals received credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

Oct 23, 2024

Discovered

May 6, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_07cace361dc63e0a2025-05-06Verified
Maine State AGbd_600c70b2e22bdb642025-05-06Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_a5adbb940673faa62025-05-06Verified
Indiana State AGbd_daf12b7fb8d203d32025-05-06Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_211166b4dc957a182025-05-12 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a3a2d8f699c5d19c2025-05-19 · +13dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Starkville Utilities
norm: starkville utilities

Discovered: Oct 23, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 6, 2025
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Nebraska Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Disconnected all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party incident response firm to assist with securing the environment
Conducted a comprehensive forensic investigation
Engaged a third-party data mining vendor to perform a review of the information
Notified the potentially affected individuals
Mailed notification letters on May 6, 2025
Changes made: Deployed endpoint detection and response software for network security
Engaged third-party firm specializing in EDR to provide 24/7 monitoring and response services
Changed domain usernames and passwords for all network accounts
Conducted password reset for all e-mail accounts
Implemented multi-factor authentication on remote access systems
Implemented new email security software
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.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 6 · first

Maine State AGMay 6 · first

Vermont State AGMay 6 · first

Indiana State AGMay 6 · first

Nebraska State AGMay 6 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing May 6 (MA), last May 19 (NH) — a 13-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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/60d434c7-45ac-4ea3-b895-a503f2fbd6a5.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 6, 2025
Raw hash: 318f65b436059f7caed450ac29dc16f6c77734122bce55e456cf9efe5f6bf1c2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityStarkville Utilities

Incidentdiscovered Oct 23, 2024

Stated responseDisconnected all access to the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov