HackingGovernmentGovernmentTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

City of New Bedford, Massachusetts

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 5, 2019

Filed

Dec 2, 2019

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for City of New Bedford, Massachusetts →

The City of New Bedford, MA, notified the NH AG of a data event affecting 2 NH residents. Unauthorized actors accessed servers/devices containing names and SSNs. Discovered July 5, 2019; notification sent Nov 27, 2019. Forensic experts engaged; law enforcement notified; 18 months credit monitoring offered.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d21 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 150 days

Jul 5, 2019

Discovered

Dec 2, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ryuk about this victim predates this filing by 151 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteryukbd_7d231d69cba5085f2019-07-04 · +151dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_bae278951c741de22019-11-27 · +5dVerified by operator

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: City of New Bedford, Massachusetts
norm: city of new bedford massachusetts
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jul 5, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 27, 2019
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this incident to law enforcement

During the incident: Commenced an investigation, with the aid of forensic experts
Implemented additional safeguards to protect data
Reported this incident to law enforcement
Changes made: Review and enhance these protections as part of our ongoing commitment to data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(150 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 27 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 27 (MA), last Dec 2 (NH) — a 5-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/new-bedford-massachusetts-20191202.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 2, 2019
Raw hash: 567817e2428f2c56bd4f96b9f8875dd0c6b51b5ba865c073ecbf5618ba07eae7

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityCity of New Bedford, Massachusetts

Incidentdiscovered Jul 5, 2019

Stated responseCommenced an investigation, with the aid of forensic experts

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov