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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

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 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.