MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The City of Athens, Ohio

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 7, 2020

Filed

Aug 17, 2020

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The City of Athens, Ohio →

The City of Athens, Ohio notified the NH AG of a data event affecting 10 NH residents. Discovered Feb 7, 2020, suspicious server activity prevented file access. No evidence of unauthorized access to sensitive systems, but risk could not be ruled out. Data involved: names, addresses, SSNs. Remediation included forensic investigation, credit monitoring, and security training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 192 days

Feb 7, 2020

Discovered

Aug 17, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_27fd9cdd610dfc232020-08-12 · +5dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_3f1267c37f58638d2020-08-12 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dafb43d4dd72e2822020-08-12 · +5dVerified

Name: The City of Athens, Ohio
norm: the city of athens ohio
Industry: government_public

Name: The City of Athens, Ohio
norm: the city of athens ohio
Industry: government_public
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Feb 7, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 12, 2020
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney GeneralReporting this matter to other regulators as required

During the incident: Secured the server
Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Providing notice to individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing affected individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident with access to one (1) year of credit monitoring services through TransUnion at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Reporting this matter to other regulators as required
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards
Strengthening policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(192 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGAug 12 · first

Indiana State AGAug 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 12 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 12 (MT), last Aug 17 (NH) — a 5-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/athens-ohio-20200817.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 17, 2020
Raw hash: f3aa32e28d19c242586bd23206fd22b88c70c5fb44f11bb7aad010db69549131

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe City of Athens, Ohio

Victim entityThe City of Athens, Ohio

Incidentdiscovered Feb 7, 2020

Stated responseSecured the server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov