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AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentPublishing ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumResolved

Town of Bellingham

bd_e77740ae5d69a0d3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 9, 2026

Filed

Feb 3, 2026

To disclose

25 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Town of Bellingham →

The Town of Bellingham, MA, experienced an inadvertent disclosure of personal information due to a clerical oversight. A license application containing personal data, including Social Security Numbers, was inadvertently made available to the public online between December 1 and December 15, 2025. The Town became aware of the incident on January 9, 2026. Affected individuals include residents of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Town has taken steps to prevent further disclosure and is offering 18 months of credit monitoring reimbursement.

Massachusetts clock✓ MA AG ≤30d25 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 39 days
discovery → filing · 25 days

Dec 1, 2025

Begins

Jan 9, 2026

Discovered

Feb 3, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

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.