HackingGovernmentGovernmentTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Newington Fire Department

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 26, 2023

Filed

Jan 19, 2024

To disclose

24 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Newington Fire Department →

Newington Fire Department notified Vermont AG of a cybersecurity incident affecting personal information (name, SSN) of individuals on or about September 22, 2023. The department secured the network, notified law enforcement, and engaged outside cybersecurity professionals. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday24 days 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

undetected · 95 days

discovery → filing · 24 days

Sep 22, 2023

Begins

Dec 26, 2023

Discovered

Jan 19, 2024

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

Maine State AGbd_0fdcf9ddb3bf85462024-01-23 · +4dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_96cacf945ac094722024-02-02 · +14dVerified

Name: Newington Fire Department
norm: newington fire department

Name: Newington Fire Department
norm: newington fire department
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Dec 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 22, 2023
Undetected for: 95 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jan 19, 2024
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Secured the network environment
Notified law enforcement
Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Changes made: Offering a complimentary 12 month membership with Experian IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGJan 19 · first · this page

Maine State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Jan 19 (VT), last Feb 2 (NH) — a 14-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/2024-01-19-newington-fire-department-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2024
Raw hash: 0ec917036b0834990db169386303a961b87c04df13765e24203ea5af4f4d26c1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNewington Fire Department

Victim entityNewington Fire Department

Incidentdiscovered Dec 26, 2023

Stated responseSecured the network environment

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov