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HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

The Business Council of New York State

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

Aug 21, 2025

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

65state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for The Business Council of New York State →

The Business Council of New York State, Inc. (BCNYS) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on August 21, 2025, of a cybersecurity incident occurring February 24-25, 2025. BCNYS discovered unauthorized access to internal systems on February 28, 2025. The incident affected 65 New Hampshire residents, exposing names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and medical/clinical information. BCNYS engaged third-party forensic experts, contained the incident, and is offering complimentary credit monitoring to affected individuals. No identity fraud has been reported to date.

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days
discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 174 days

Feb 24, 2025

Begins

Feb 28, 2025

Discovered

Aug 21, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Nebraska State AGAug 15 · first
Indiana State AGAug 15 · first
Maine State AGAug 15 · first
New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 15 (NE), last Aug 21 (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.