DisclosureLens
HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Middlesex Sheriff's Office, MA

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 1, 2025

Filed

Jan 30, 2026

To disclose

13 months

Affected

15,322state residents only

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Middlesex Sheriff's Office, MA →2 incidents on file

The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office notified individuals that a breach of security occurred in January 2025, involving unauthorized access to personal information including names, Social Security Numbers, and dates of birth. The Office engaged law enforcement and cybersecurity vendors to investigate. No unauthorized use of the information was known. Affected individuals are advised to place security freezes on their credit reports.

Massachusetts clock✗ MA AG >90d13 months discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 months / 394 days

Jan 1, 2025

Begins

Jan 1, 2025

Discovered

Jan 30, 2026

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed15,322 affectedView incident

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.