HackingGovernmentGovernmentData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Chatham County, North Carolina

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 28, 2020

Filed

Apr 27, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,1343 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Chatham County, North Carolina →

Chatham County, North Carolina, a government entity based in Pittsboro, NC, reported an external system breach (hacking) on October 28, 2020. The incident compromised the Social Security Numbers and personal identifiers of 2,134 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. The county provided written notification and offered 12 months of credit monitoring, identity theft insurance, and recovery services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 181 days

Oct 28, 2020

Begins

Oct 28, 2020

Discovered

Apr 27, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_fca0afb1ef8bf8d42021-04-27Verified

Name: Chatham County, North Carolina
norm: chatham county
Industry: government_public

Name: Chatham County, North Carolina
norm: chatham county north carolina
Industry: government_public
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Oct 28, 2020
Breach occurred: Oct 28, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 27, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,134state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Provided a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Provided fully managed id theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(181 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGApr 27 · first

Maine State AGApr 27 · 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/be88b8cd-b99f-42a7-9f52-de049a3cfb27.shtml
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Filed at: Apr 27, 2021
Raw hash: a191e33169b9fba31fe5742024be75072e782f7d92d2ea56f604c3dee4f0d473

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChatham County, North Carolina

Victim entityChatham County, North Carolina

Incidentdiscovered Oct 28, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov