AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowResolved

Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 30, 2023

Filed

May 30, 2023

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery →

The Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR) notified the NH Department of Justice of a data breach on May 30, 2023. A staff member accidentally emailed a filled-in form containing personally identifiable information (PII) to two unintended recipients instead of a blank form. The breach affected one individual whose data was exposed. GOFERR immediately contacted the recipients, requesting deletion of the email and attachment, and received confirmation from one recipient. The affected individual was notified.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

May 30, 2023

Discovered

May 30, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

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

Name: Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery
norm: governor s office for emergency relief and recovery
Domain: goferr.nh.gov

Name: Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery
norm: governor s office for emergency relief and recovery
Domain: goferr.nh.gov
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 30, 2023
Breach occurred: May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 30, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Department of Justice

During the incident: Emailed the two individuals who had mistakenly received the attachment, explained the situation, and asked them to delete the email and attached document
Requested written confirmation from recipients that they had deleted the data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(0 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/governors-office-emergency-relief-recovery-20230530.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 30, 2023
Raw hash: 80a9b5fec495024fe66e807d1bcfde6fec44eeab5e69980d9984c46d4cf774c3

Reporting entityGovernor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery

Victim entityGovernor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery

Incidentdiscovered May 30, 2023

Stated responseEmailed the two individuals who had mistakenly received the attachment, explained the situation, and asked them to delete the email and attached document

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov