HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)AuthenticationLowContained

City of Bellingham (Bellingham Public Library)

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 11, 2022

Filed

Jul 25, 2022

To disclose

14 days

Affected

735state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for City of Bellingham (Bellingham Public Library) →

Bellingham Public Library notified patrons that patron data (name, DOB, barcode, password/PIN) was downloaded without authorization from the shared Whatcom County Library System network on June 26, 2022. BPL discovered the incident on July 11, 2022, and notified 735 Washington residents on July 21, 2022. BPL deactivated affected passwords and is reviewing security policies.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d14 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 14 days

Jun 26, 2022

Begins

Jul 11, 2022

Discovered

Jul 25, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed735 affectedView incident

Name: City of Bellingham (Bellingham Public Library)
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Name: City of Bellingham (Bellingham Public Library)
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Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jul 11, 2022
Breach occurred: Jun 26, 2022
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 21, 2022
Affected individuals: 735state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Authentication
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: BPL deactivated your old Password/PIN, and you will need to reset it
Working closely with WCLS to understand how this incident occurred
Reviewing and enhancing our security policies, procedures, and data sharing agreements with other libraries and service providers
Working closely with WCLS to evaluate additional measures to help protect against future incidents affecting our shared systems
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our security policies, procedures, and data sharing agreements with other libraries and service providers
Working closely with WCLS to evaluate additional measures to help protect against future incidents affecting our shared systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 days(14 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM13581.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 25, 2022
Raw hash: e5a62f0acf3fccc6ca160edba96330c45be143a5f4fd862ccb55b356e4321b34

Reporting entityCity of Bellingham (Bellingham Public Library)

Victim entityCity of Bellingham (Bellingham Public Library)

Incidentdiscovered Jul 11, 2022

Stated responseBPL deactivated your old Password/PIN, and you will need to reset it

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com