AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDPIIMediumResolved

Town of Kingston NY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 5, 2026

Filed

Feb 17, 2026

To disclose

12 days

Affected

78state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Town of Kingston NY →

Town of Kingston, NH, notified 78 residents that W-2 forms mailed on Jan 31, 2026, may have exposed SSNs through envelope windows. Discovered Feb 5, 2026. Notices sent Feb 12, 2026. No cyberattack involved. Remediation: new mailing protocol.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 12 days

Jan 31, 2026

Begins

Feb 5, 2026

Discovered

Feb 17, 2026

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed78 affectedView incident

Name: Town of Kingston NY
norm: town of kingston ny
Domain: tokny.us

Name: Town of Kingston NY
norm: town of kingston ny
Domain: tokny.us
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Feb 5, 2026
Breach occurred: Jan 31, 2026
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 12, 2026
Affected individuals: 78state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau

During the incident: Immediately investigated the matter
Implemented a different protocol for mailing W-2 forms
Notified impacted individuals via U.S. Mail
Changes made: Implementing a different protocol for mailing W-2 forms
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 days(12 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/town-kingston-20260217.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 17, 2026
Raw hash: 294079bd96b991098854920115bf4d38b1368906d5a2ec826332cf295c849474

Reporting entityTown of Kingston NY

Victim entityTown of Kingston NY

Incidentdiscovered Feb 5, 2026

Stated responseImmediately investigated the matter

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov