HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The St. Lucie County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 3, 2022

Filed

Mar 28, 2022

To disclose

25 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The St. Lucie County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller →

The St. Lucie County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller notified the NH AG that an unauthorized party accessed one employee email account between June 25 and Nov 24, 2021. The breach, discovered March 3, 2022, exposed full names and driver's license numbers of approximately 2 NH residents. Notifications were sent March 23, 2022.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 251 days

discovery → filing · 25 days

Jun 25, 2021

Begins

Mar 3, 2022

Discovered

Mar 28, 2022

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1e9109a26839f3e32022-03-23 · +5dVerified

Name: The St. Lucie County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller
norm: the st lucie county clerk of the circuit court and comptroller

Name: The St. Lucie County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller
norm: the st lucie county clerk of the circuit court and comptroller
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Mar 3, 2022
Breach occurred: Jun 25, 2021 – Nov 24, 2021
Undetected for: 251 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-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: Secured the account
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Extensive forensic investigation and manual document review
Providing the affected residents with written notification
Advising the affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 days(25 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGMar 23 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 23 (IN), last Mar 28 (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/st-lucie-county-clerk-circuit-court-comptroller-20220328.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 28, 2022
Raw hash: b50f80c1dd62c93a108bd6a0ac523a5bcea46915ab4d8e67b22e69377ec551bb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe St. Lucie County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller

Victim entityThe St. Lucie County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller

Incidentdiscovered Mar 3, 2022

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov