HackingGovernmentGovernmentBrute ForceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Township of Springfield

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 2, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Township of Springfield →

The Township of Springfield experienced unauthorized access to its Police Department management server via brute force between February 22, 2017, and March 9, 2017. The incident potentially affected two New Hampshire residents, exposing full name, driver's license or state ID number, birth date, address, and telephone number. The threat was eliminated by March 9, 2017. The Township engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement (FBI, NJ State Police), and provided 24 months of credit monitoring and identity repair services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Feb 22, 2017

Begins

Jun 2, 2017

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_17aeeb61be9560452017-06-02Verified

Name: Township of Springfield
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Name: Township of Springfield
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Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 22, 2017 – Mar 9, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 6, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1110 Brute Force
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney GeneralWorked with the FBINotified the New Jersey State Police

During the incident: Initiated an internal investigation and IT remediation
Engaged external forensic IT experts to assist in their investigation
Work closely with the FBI
Communicated with the New Jersey State Police
Notified all applicable state agencies
Notified all three credit bureaus
Provided 24 months of complimentary identity repair and credit monitoring through AllClear ID
Established a dedicated call center
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to help prevent additional cyber-attacks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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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Massachusetts State AGJun 2 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 2 · first · this page

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/springfield-township-20170602.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: e0448589b5f96fb4b46a50afe09c0ec9d8923ae574eb73b644c98d8bba48e5d7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTownship of Springfield

Victim entityTownship of Springfield

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseInitiated an internal investigation and IT remediation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov