AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 7, 2024

Filed

Jun 3, 2024

To disclose

27 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management →

Rhode Island DEM inadvertently posted dispatch logs containing PII (SSN, DL, DOB, address) online from April 9 to May 7, 2024. Discovered May 7, 2024. 2 NH residents affected. Report removed, procedures implemented, credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 28 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

Apr 9, 2024

Begins

May 7, 2024

Discovered

Jun 3, 2024

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_2bc08ba21d962a5e2024-06-04 · +1dVerified

Name: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
norm: rhode island department of environmental management
Domain: dem.ri.gov

Name: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
norm: rhode island department of environmental management
Domain: dem.ri.gov
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 7, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 9, 2024 – May 7, 2024
Undetected for: 28 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection

During the incident: The report was immediately taken down
Implemented procedures to ensure that no further personal information will be released in future dispatch reports
Conducted a forensic audit to determine the scope of web traffic to the dispatch log
Affected individuals have been offered free credit monitoring services
Changes made: Implemented procedures to ensure that no further personal information will be released in future dispatch reports
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 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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New Hampshire State AGJun 3 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/rhode-island-department-environmental-management-20240603.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 3, 2024
Raw hash: 69e4cab19bc4447833f66ebe79009ee9035506df7fca22332533fd49def4b1e2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Victim entityRhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Incidentdiscovered May 7, 2024

Stated responseThe report was immediately taken down

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov