HackingOtherDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Starkville Utilities

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 23, 2024

Filed

May 6, 2025

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Starkville Utilities →

Starkville Utilities notified consumers of a data incident discovered on October 23, 2024, involving unauthorized access to personal information including names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators, secured the network, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday28 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 195 days

Oct 23, 2024

Discovered

May 6, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_07cace361dc63e0a2025-05-06Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_5df7e20093e910412025-05-06Verified
Maine State AGbd_600c70b2e22bdb642025-05-06Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_daf12b7fb8d203d32025-05-06Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_211166b4dc957a182025-05-12 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a3a2d8f699c5d19c2025-05-19 · +13dVerified

Name: Starkville Utilities
norm: starkville utilities

Name: Starkville Utilities
norm: starkville utilities
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Oct 23, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 25, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disconnected all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to assist with securing the environment
Conducted a comprehensive forensic investigation
Engaged a third-party vendor to perform a data mining review
Changed administrative credentials
Restored operations in a safe and secure mode
Enhanced its data security measures
Provided access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Provided proactive fraud assistance through HaystackID
Changes made: Enhanced its data security measures
Changed administrative credentials
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(195 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

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

Indiana State AGMay 6 · first

Vermont State AGMay 6 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-05-06-starkville-utilities-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 6, 2025
Raw hash: 3d7848113e35b0b3ae2bb8361b11330fc12f5c81e9b1d46d139a2027f57409f7

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

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov