MisuseGovernmentGovernmentPrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

City of Boston

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 1, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

206state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for City of Boston →

The City of Boston Office of the Parking Clerk reported that an employee used authorized access to the Massachusetts RMV data system to obtain unauthorized access to customer information, including Social Security Numbers and driver's license data. The City implemented updated security protocols and is offering affected individuals free replacement IDs with new state-assigned numbers.

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Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Aug 1, 2026

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed206 affectedView incident

Name: City of Boston
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Name: City of Boston
norm: city of boston
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 206state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Implemented updated protocols to protect against a breach of this nature
Changes made: Offered free replacement driver’s license or ID card with a new state assigned (SA) number
Offered free replacement professional license with a new state assigned (SA) number
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-1372-city-of-boston/download
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Filed at: Aug 1, 2026
Raw hash: 273afae6768119b44d0faf6acb560b41f061dc3e15ee25d077475c4fec472668

Reporting entityCity of Boston

Victim entityCity of Boston

IncidentInsider

Stated responseImplemented updated protocols to protect against a breach of this nature

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov