HackingEnergy & UtilitiesUtilitiesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Starkville Utilities

bd_a3a2d8f699c5d19c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 23, 2024

Filed

May 19, 2025

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Starkville Utilities →

Starkville Utilities notified the NH AG of a data incident discovered on Oct 23, 2024, involving unauthorized network access. One NH resident was affected. Response included forensic investigation, credential resets, MFA implementation, and credit monitoring offers.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 208 days

Oct 23, 2024

Discovered

May 19, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_211166b4dc957a182025-05-12 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_07cace361dc63e0a2025-05-06 · +13dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_5df7e20093e910412025-05-06 · +13dVerified
Maine State AGbd_600c70b2e22bdb642025-05-06 · +13dCandidate

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Vermont State AGbd_a5adbb940673faa62025-05-06 · +13dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_daf12b7fb8d203d32025-05-06 · +13dVerified

Name: Starkville Utilities
norm: starkville utilities

Name: Starkville Utilities
norm: starkville utilities
Industry: Energy & Utilitiesllm

Discovered: Oct 23, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 6, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disconnected all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party incident response firm to assist with securing the environment
Conducted a comprehensive forensic investigation
Engaged a third-party data mining vendor to perform a review of the information
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through HaystackID
Changes made: Deployed endpoint detection and response software for network security
Engaged third-party firm specializing in EDR to provide 24/7 monitoring and response services
Changed domain usernames and passwords for all network accounts
Conducted password reset for all e-mail accounts
Implemented multi-factor authentication on remote access systems
Implemented new email security software
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(208 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 6 · first

Nebraska State AGMay 6 · first

Maine State AGMay 6 · first

Vermont State AGMay 6 · first

Indiana State AGMay 6 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+13d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 6 (MA), last May 19 (NH) — a 13-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/starkville-utilities-20250519.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 19, 2025
Raw hash: 2453bb6d1f6fbd5e51db25736b807c5eb57b7002485379ef045a57183c846b73

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStarkville Utilities

Victim entityStarkville Utilities

Incidentdiscovered Oct 23, 2024

Stated responseDisconnected all access to the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov