HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Plumstead Township, NJ

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 24, 2021

Filed

Oct 14, 2021

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Plumstead Township, NJ →

Plumsted Township, NJ notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to its email environment between April 19 and May 24, 2021. One NH resident's name, address, and SSN were potentially exposed. The township engaged forensic specialists, notified the individual, and provided one year of Equifax credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 35 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 143 days

Apr 19, 2021

Begins

May 24, 2021

Discovered

Oct 14, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_927cb2201b6b68ae2021-10-08 · +6dCandidate
Idaho State AGbd_a5653a11416698f32021-10-08 · +6dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Plumstead Township, NJ
norm: plumstead township nj
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 24, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 19, 2021 – May 24, 2021
Undetected for: 35 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 8, 2021
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
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Reviewed the entire contents of affected email accounts
Provided written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Equifax
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Worked to add further technical safeguards to our environment
All policies and procedures are being reviewed and enhanced where appropriate
Workforce training is being conducted to reduce the likelihood of a similar event in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(143 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGOct 8 · first

Idaho State AGOct 8 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 8 (MT), last Oct 14 (NH) — a 6-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/plumsted-township-nj-20211014.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 14, 2021
Raw hash: e3248eadd43882834626a903e6e33471699a6990a6443d0fe9f413545d4ced2b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityPlumstead Township, NJ

Incidentdiscovered May 24, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov