HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Plumstead Township, NJ

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 24, 2021

Filed

Oct 8, 2021

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Plumstead Township, NJ →

Plumsted Township, NJ notified the Idaho AG of unauthorized access to its email environment between April 19 and May 24, 2021. One Idaho resident's PII (name, address, SSN) was potentially exposed. The township engaged forensic specialists and provided one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 35 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 137 days

Apr 19, 2021

Begins

May 24, 2021

Discovered

Oct 8, 2021

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

Montana State AGbd_927cb2201b6b68ae2021-10-08Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_784fd6b81cb430bd2021-10-14 · +6dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Plumstead Township, NJ
norm: plumstead township nj
Domain: plumsted.org
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 24, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 19, 2021 – May 24, 2021
Undetected for: 35 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 8, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Provided access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Equifax
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(137 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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Montana State AGOct 8 · first

Idaho State AGOct 8 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Oct 8 (MT), last Oct 14 (NH) — a 6-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://ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2022/03/10-08-21-Plumsted-Township.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 8, 2021
Raw hash: 29ac8c879ee535b6105051ff7296f66784ce88f5b54c89ff212f9b65dcb5a209

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityPlumstead Township, NJ

Incidentdiscovered May 24, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceag.idaho.gov