HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

Shelby County, Texas

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 10, 2025

Filed

Oct 31, 2025

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Shelby County, Texas notified the NH AG of a data security incident where an employee's email account was accessed without authorization starting July 1, 2025. The incident was discovered on July 10, 2025. Personal information, including names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers, may have been exposed. One NH resident was notified. Forensic experts were engaged, and credit monitoring services were offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 113 days

Jul 1, 2025

Begins

Jul 10, 2025

Discovered

Oct 31, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Shelby County, Texas
norm: shelby county

Name: Shelby County, Texas
norm: shelby county
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jul 10, 2025
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2025
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 30, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation with the assistance of independent forensic experts
Engaged an independent team to perform a comprehensive review of all data involved
Offering individuals complimentary identity protection services
Providing 12 months of credit monitoring and Cyberscout dark web monitoring
Providing a dedicated call center to address any questions
Changes made: Implemented additional technical security measures throughout the environment
Implemented measures to enhance network security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(113 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/shelby-county-texas-20251031.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 31, 2025
Raw hash: e971fed6429dab998b23b944a75913910cb9b9fa351d0a5132a4a7d8428d4c43

Reporting entityShelby County, Texas

Victim entityShelby County, Texas

Incidentdiscovered Jul 10, 2025

Stated responseInitiated an investigation with the assistance of independent forensic experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov