HackingTransportation & LogisticsTransportationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Southeast Vermont Transit, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 7, 2023

Filed

Mar 8, 2024

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Southeast Vermont Transit, Inc. →

Southeast Vermont Transit (SEVT) notified consumers of a data security incident detected on December 7, 2023. Unauthorized access to SEVT's network resulted in the exposure of names, driver's license info, direct deposit info, Medicaid numbers, and Social Security numbers. SEVT engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm, disconnected network access, changed credentials, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday13 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Dec 7, 2023

Discovered

Mar 8, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_c60d39d0a0be2f932024-03-08Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_c7534f37a3035a142024-03-08Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2a8f16508d9ebcd02024-03-11 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_196ca05c2532e1212024-04-29 · +52dVerified

Name: Southeast Vermont Transit, Inc.
norm: southeast vermont transit

Name: Southeast Vermont Transit, Inc.
norm: southeast vermont transit
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Dec 7, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 8, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disconnected all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to assist with securing the environment
Conducted a comprehensive forensic investigation
Changed administrative credentials
Restored operations in a safe and secure mode
Implemented enhanced security tools
Provided access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Provided cyber monitoring services
Provided proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security tools
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGMar 8 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 8 · first

Vermont State AGMar 8 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+52d

Pattern: first filing Mar 8 (ME), last Apr 29 (NH) — a 52-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-03-08-southeast-vermont-transit-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 8, 2024
Raw hash: ee4259e3d21efc6315606b11fbde36a4c1fcdce8076f334aea6dbe9910194e8a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySoutheast Vermont Transit, Inc.

Victim entitySoutheast Vermont Transit, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 7, 2023

Stated responseDisconnected all access to the network

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov