HackingGovernmentGovernmentSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedAuthenticationIdentity (basic)MediumContained

City of Puyallup

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 11, 2025

Filed

Dec 10, 2025

To disclose

29 days

Affected

2,620state residents only

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for City of Puyallup →

The City of Puyallup notified subscribers that its third-party emergency alert provider, CodeRed, suffered a cybersecurity incident. The breach compromised subscriber names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. The City was notified on Nov 11, 2025, and sent notices on Dec 4, 2025, affecting 2,620 Washington residents. The incident is contained; the City is terminating its contract with CodeRed.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d29 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 days

Nov 11, 2025

Discovered

Dec 10, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,620 affectedView incident

Name: City of Puyallup
norm: city of puyallup
Domain: puyallupwa.gov
Industry: Government

Name: City of Puyallup
norm: city of puyallup
Domain: puyallupwa.gov
Industry: Government
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Nov 11, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 4, 2025
Affected individuals: 2,620state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: NameUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via CodeRed
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: In close communication with CodeRed
CodeRed shut down its system
CodeRed implemented additional security measures
Ending contract with CodeRed
Transitioning to a new emergency alert system
Changes made: Transitioning to a new emergency alert system provided by Genasys
Information automatically transferred to new system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA35838.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 10, 2025
Raw hash: 2cb861a99749b5d49ce8e4e43babc76e5168a945f212ae7cf91d2625338e0540

Reporting entityCity of Puyallup

Victim entityCity of Puyallup

Incidentdiscovered Nov 11, 2025

Stated responseIn close communication with CodeRed

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com