HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Town of Stowe

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 30, 2022

Filed

Feb 14, 2023

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Town of Stowe →

Town of Stowe, Vermont notified New Hampshire AG of unauthorized access to five email accounts from Aug 29 to Sep 7, 2022. Suspicious activity detected Aug 30, 2022. Data potentially exposed included names, DOB, SSN, driver's license, passport, financial account numbers, and medical/insurance info for 8 NH residents. Notices sent Feb 14, 2023 with credit monitoring offers.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 168 days

Aug 29, 2022

Begins

Aug 30, 2022

Discovered

Dec 15, 2022

Scope determined

Feb 14, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_2e23576febac91af2023-02-14Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_2954b6c16f56de572023-02-15 · +1dVerified

Name: Town of Stowe
norm: town of stowe

Name: Town of Stowe
norm: town of stowe
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Aug 30, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 29, 2022 – Sep 7, 2022
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Dec 15, 2022
Notification sent: Feb 14, 2023
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New Hampshire
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the email account
Engaged a forensic security firm to investigate and confirm the security of its email and computer systems
Reviewed the contents of accounts to determine if they contained any personal information
Mailed notification letters to affected residents
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection
Changes made: Enhancing its technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(168 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGFeb 14 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 14 · 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/stowe-vermont-20230214.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 14, 2023
Raw hash: f78d39afeb687b05d681982847bc576ffc297f3d7a2db6968b9208ebc2b64e54

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTown of Stowe

Victim entityTown of Stowe

Incidentdiscovered Aug 30, 2022

Stated responseSecured the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov