HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Potter County, Pennsylvania

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 8, 2023

Filed

Oct 19, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Potter County, Pennsylvania →

Potter County, PA notified NH AG of unauthorized access to a jail employee's email account on Aug 8, 2023. One NH resident's name and SSN were copied. County engaged forensic investigators, secured accounts, and offered 1-year Experian credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 72 days

Aug 8, 2023

Begins

Aug 8, 2023

Discovered

Oct 19, 2023

Filed

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

Name: Potter County, Pennsylvania
norm: potter county pennsylvania

Name: Potter County, Pennsylvania
norm: potter county pennsylvania
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Aug 8, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 8, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 16, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Worked to secure the employee email account
Began an investigation with the assistance of a nationally recognized digital forensics team
Started to review the contents of the email box
Searched Dark Web sources
Changes made: Implemented muti-factor authentication on employee email accounts
Reset employee passwords
Retraining employees regarding cybersecurity practices especially involving email
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(72 days from discovery to filing)
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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/potter-county-pennsylvania-20231019.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 19, 2023
Raw hash: 83dc73b885f0c36e1b17981556d754c6e54d6a2c1271cfdc255a2814c9139332

Reporting entityPotter County, Pennsylvania

Victim entityPotter County, Pennsylvania

Incidentdiscovered Aug 8, 2023

Stated responseWorked to secure the employee email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov