HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Butler County, PA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 2, 2023

Filed

Feb 26, 2024

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Butler County, PA →2 incidents on file

Butler County, PA notified NH AG of unauthorized access to network on Oct 2, 2023, affecting 1 NH resident's name and SSN. County engaged forensic team, notified law enforcement, and offered 1-year Experian credit monitoring. Incident status contained.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 147 days

Oct 2, 2023

Begins

Oct 2, 2023

Discovered

Feb 26, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_668558485e205ba82024-02-21 · +5dCandidate

Name: Butler County, PA
norm: butler county
Domain: pa-butlercounty.civicplus.com

Name: Butler County, PA
norm: butler county
Domain: pa-butlercounty.civicplus.com
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Oct 2, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 2, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 21, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProviding notice to all appropriate state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began working with a nationally recognized digital forensics team to secure our network and investigate the scope of the incident
Notified the Butler County District Attorney
Continue to cooperate with federal law enforcement’s investigation
Posted notice of this incident on the County website
Notified major statewide media
Changes made: Deployed security tools to enhance detection and accelerate response to cyber incidents
Actively monitoring our network using end point detection tools to help ensure containment
Conducted enterprise-wide password reset
Strengthening network security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(147 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 21 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 21 (IN), last Feb 26 (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/butler-county-pennsylvania-20240226.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 26, 2024
Raw hash: 6f0d343e69db104529819542e0cac9581c7c2ccb7efd965c84fea4cae971664e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityButler County, PA

Victim entityButler County, PA

Incidentdiscovered Oct 2, 2023

Stated responseBegan working with a nationally recognized digital forensics team to secure our network and investigate the scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov