HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedAuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumContained

South Whidbey Fire & EMS

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 24, 2022

Filed

Mar 6, 2023

To disclose

45 weeks

Affected

582state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for South Whidbey Fire & EMS →

South Whidbey Fire & EMS notified Washington AG of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between April 21 and May 21, 2022. 582 residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, financial info, health info, and credentials. Notification sent Feb 24, 2023. Credit monitoring offered.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d45 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 45 weeks / 316 days

Apr 21, 2022

Begins

Apr 24, 2022

Discovered

Mar 6, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_83e10fb90caa5c4c2023-02-24 · +10dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: South Whidbey Fire & EMS
norm: south whidbey fire ems
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Apr 24, 2022
Breach occurred: Apr 21, 2022 – May 21, 2022
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 24, 2023
Affected individuals: 582state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Credentials
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthMedical informationUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with third party cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation
Comprehensive review of all the data involved
Providing the affected residents with written notification
Offering the affected residents complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of the personal information it maintains
Taken steps to further protect unauthorized access to individual records
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 45 weeks(316 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 24 · first

Washington State AG+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 24 (IN), last Mar 6 (WA) — a 10-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM14909.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 6, 2023
Raw hash: 3d18e50c013c4c20a7cea124e3941edab504422aaa27d1526804088c8e9f3263

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entitySouth Whidbey Fire & EMS

Incidentdiscovered Apr 24, 2022

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com