HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Charlottesville Settlement Company

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 4, 2025

Filed

Mar 18, 2026

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Charlottesville Settlement Company →

Charlottesville Settlement Company (CSC) notified consumers of a data security incident where an unknown actor gained unauthorized access to its network on September 2, 2025. CSC discovered unusual activity on September 4, 2025. The incident may have exposed names and other personal information. CSC engaged external cybersecurity experts, secured its email environment, and is offering 12 or 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection through IDX.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday28 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 195 days

Sep 2, 2025

Begins

Sep 4, 2025

Discovered

Mar 10, 2026

Scope determined

Mar 18, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_2094a60fb31ec6d42026-03-18Candidate
Maine State AGbd_2e647ce081b521a02026-03-18Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_7f2d7a84820614342026-03-18Verified
Indiana State AGbd_f42fbb8dbbc0de962026-03-18Verified

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Nebraska State AGbd_fad896f4132b92ef2026-03-18Verified

Name: Charlottesville Settlement Company
norm: charlottesville settlement

Name: Charlottesville Settlement Company
norm: charlottesville settlement
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 4, 2025
Breach occurred: Sep 2, 2025
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Mar 10, 2026
Notification sent: Mar 18, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Took steps to secure our email environment
Engaged external cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Offering you the opportunity to enroll in complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implementing enhanced security measures to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(195 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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New Hampshire State AGMar 18 · first

Maine State AGMar 18 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 18 · first

Indiana State AGMar 18 · first

Nebraska State AGMar 18 · first

Vermont State AGMar 18 · first · this page

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2026-03-18-charlottesville-settlement-company-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2026
Raw hash: c01ad007a1ff4db332ebbcbee320465b2c4cdbe58d232d06c892117afed5815b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCharlottesville Settlement Company

Victim entityCharlottesville Settlement Company

Incidentdiscovered Sep 4, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov