HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)AuthenticationMediumContained

City of Wheat Ridge

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 29, 2022

Filed

Sep 28, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for City of Wheat Ridge →

City of Wheat Ridge notified NH AG of a data security incident discovered on August 29, 2022, affecting 3 New Hampshire residents. The incident involved unauthorized access to network systems, potentially exposing names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and medical/health insurance data. Wheat Ridge engaged forensic experts and the FBI, secured systems, and provided 24 months of identity protection services via IDX.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Aug 29, 2022

Discovered

Sep 28, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_8ff977e8af90c3452022-09-28Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_ceff7d5d4bc1ef532022-09-28Verified
Maine State AGbd_a25b3676f3e89e522022-10-05 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_40ec2b8e3e4b4dfb2022-12-20 · +83dVerified

Name: City of Wheat Ridge
norm: city of wheat ridge

Name: City of Wheat Ridge
norm: city of wheat ridge
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Aug 29, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 28, 2022
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Authentication
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged independent digital forensics and incident response experts
Began working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the “FBI”)
Secured its systems
Launched an investigation
Established a toll-free call center through IDX
Provided complimentary identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to help ensure the security of its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGSep 28 · first

Indiana State AGSep 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 28 · first · this page

Maine State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+83d

Pattern: first filing Sep 28 (MT), last Dec 20 (NH) — a 83-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/city-wheat-ridge-20220928.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 28, 2022
Raw hash: fb5896018ec75e2e481dd5772ab0a2a46f39683726d5c91c59f4f3728df054f7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCity of Wheat Ridge

Victim entityCity of Wheat Ridge

Incidentdiscovered Aug 29, 2022

Stated responseEngaged independent digital forensics and incident response experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov