MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Upper Merion Township

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 27, 2023

Filed

Sep 25, 2024

To disclose

39 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

7 records

Confidence

62%

Full breach record for Upper Merion Township →

Upper Merion Township experienced a malware incident on December 27, 2023, resulting in unauthorized access to network data containing names. The Township engaged external cybersecurity professionals and law enforcement. Affected individuals were notified on January 22, 2024, and offered credit monitoring and fraud assistance services.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d39 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 39 weeks / 273 days

Dec 27, 2023

Begins

Dec 27, 2023

Discovered

Sep 25, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 7 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by qilin about this victim was first seen 228 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteqilinbd_4fff3189e4da91352024-01-15 · +254dCandidate

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_370202f8316b04562024-09-25Verified
Indiana State AGbd_8833350d87da4b712024-09-25Verified
Maine State AGbd_a4fecec24afa4c0e2024-09-25Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d092364ac345cdc92024-09-30 · +5dVerified by operator

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Massachusetts State AGbd_bd5c8875b48298d42024-10-16 · +21dVerified by operator

Name: Upper Merion Township
norm: upper merion township

Name: Upper Merion Township
norm: upper merion township
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Dec 27, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 27, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 22, 2024
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: worked closely with law enforcement

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked closely with external cybersecurity professionals and law enforcement
Reviewed its existing policies and training protocols relating to data protection
Enhancing security measures and monitoring tools
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring services
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Reviewed its existing policies and training protocols relating to data protection
Enhancing security measures and monitoring tools to mitigate risk and better prevent similar incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 39 weeks(273 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGSep 25 · first

Indiana State AGSep 25 · first

Maine State AGSep 25 · first

Montana State AGSep 25 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+21d

Pattern: first filing Sep 25 (VT), last Oct 16 (MA) — a 21-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1708.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 25, 2024
Raw hash: 70a2102d99ba8200f62f6fa429a49e96f70a04e3a934f130ed75bc9677120269

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUpper Merion Township

Victim entityUpper Merion Township

Incidentdiscovered Dec 27, 2023

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov