MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Upper Merion Township

bd_d092364ac345cdc9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 27, 2023

Filed

Sep 30, 2024

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

7 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Upper Merion Township →

Upper Merion Township notified the NH AG of a ransomware incident discovered on Dec 27, 2023, where an unauthorized actor accessed and exfiltrated data. The investigation confirmed PII of 2 NH residents was impacted. Notifications were sent on Sep 25, 2024, offering credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d40 weeks 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 · 40 weeks / 278 days

Dec 27, 2023

Begins

Dec 27, 2023

Discovered

Sep 30, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 7 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by qilin about this victim was first seen 233 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteqilinbd_4fff3189e4da91352024-01-15 · +259dCandidate

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_370202f8316b04562024-09-25 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_8833350d87da4b712024-09-25 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_a4fecec24afa4c0e2024-09-25 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_f2ada2a21b0816752024-09-25 · +5dVerified

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 16d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_bd5c8875b48298d42024-10-16 · +16dVerified by operator

Name: Upper Merion Township
norm: upper merion township

Name: Upper Merion Township
norm: upper merion township
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Dec 27, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 27, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 25, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic and incident response experts
Engaged law enforcement
Provided notice to potentially impacted individuals
Offered complimentary credit monitoring services to all adult individuals
Offered cyber monitoring services to the parent or guardian of all minors
Changes made: Reviewed existing policies and training protocols relating to data protection
Enhanced security measures and monitoring tools
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(278 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGSep 25 · first

Indiana State AGSep 25 · first

Maine State AGSep 25 · first

Montana State AGSep 25 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+21d

Pattern: first filing Sep 25 (VT), last Oct 16 (MA) — a 21-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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/upper-merion-township-20240930.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 30, 2024
Raw hash: 4d1a2204dd5b65719f5d66c9a778f242997a3f504ae6def18373e3218db3ee75

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUpper Merion Township

Victim entityUpper Merion Township

Incidentdiscovered Dec 27, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic and incident response experts

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov