HackingGovernmentGovernmentTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Township of Springfield, NJ

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 22, 2017

Filed

Jun 2, 2017

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Township of Springfield, NJ →

Township of Springfield, NJ, notified individuals of unauthorized access to its Police Department management server between Feb 22 and Mar 9, 2017. Data potentially exposed included names, driver's licenses, DOB, addresses, and phone numbers. The Township engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement (FBI, NJ State Police), and provided 24 months of credit monitoring. No indication of inappropriate use was found at the time of notice.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 100 days

Feb 22, 2017

Begins

Feb 22, 2017

Discovered

Jun 2, 2017

Filed

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

Name: Township of Springfield, NJ
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Name: Township of Springfield, NJ
norm: township of springfield nj
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Feb 22, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 22, 2017 – Mar 9, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 6, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified the New Jersey State Policenotified all applicable state agenciesnotified all three credit bureauswork closely with the FBI
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Initiated an internal investigation and IT remediation
Engaged external forensic IT experts to assist in our investigation
The incident was subject to ongoing police investigation
Implemented additional safeguards to help prevent additional cyber-attacks
Work closely with the FBI
Notified the New Jersey State Police, all applicable state agencies, and all three credit bureaus
Prosecution of these criminals to the full extent of U.S. law
Providing you with 24 months of complimentary identity repair and credit monitoring
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to help prevent additional cyber-attacks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(100 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Township-of-Springfield.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 2, 2017
Raw hash: 0638db52724dfe372bee6e77a22adc64bd0c6e0f114b92da85f70f14e5cc704b

Reporting entityTownship of Springfield, NJ

Victim entityTownship of Springfield, NJ

Incidentdiscovered Feb 22, 2017

Stated responseInitiated an internal investigation and IT remediation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov