HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Newington Fire Department

bd_96cacf945ac09472 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 22, 2023

Filed

Feb 2, 2024

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

67state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Newington Fire Department →

Newington Fire Department notified NH AG of unauthorized network access on Sept 22, 2023, affecting 67 residents' PII. Notification sent Jan 19, 2024. Response included forensic investigation, law enforcement notification, and credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 133 days

Sep 22, 2023

Begins

Sep 22, 2023

Discovered

Feb 2, 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 · +10dCandidate
Vermont State AGbd_8bc53df1b6f6a8bb2024-01-19 · +14dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

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

Discovered: Sep 22, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 22, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2024
Affected individuals: 67state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Secured the network environment
Notified law enforcement
Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Offering complimentary credit monitoring to the impacted residents
Offering a complimentary membership with Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Continually evaluating and modifying its practices and procedures to enhance appropriate and privacy measures to prevent recurrence
Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(133 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGJan 19 · first

Maine State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+14d · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/newington-fire-department-20240202.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 2, 2024
Raw hash: da015605af7e8b20b9c57317a5aadde9012f538d3bf97496869f7c2043c53d19

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityNewington Fire Department

Incidentdiscovered Sep 22, 2023

Stated responseInitiated an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov