HackingGovernmentGovernmentData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMinorMediumContained

City of Bedford, Texas

bd_fbf1d937c2680d34 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 9, 2025

Filed

May 21, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for City of Bedford, Texas →

City of Bedford, Texas notified affected individuals of a data breach where an unauthorized third party accessed a limited portion of the network between April 5 and April 9, 2025. Suspicious activity was detected on April 9, 2025. The incident involved personal information of residents and minors, including identity and government-issued data. The City engaged independent cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

Apr 5, 2025

Begins

Apr 9, 2025

Discovered

May 21, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_a078b079ac30f20f2026-05-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3a590ef5c12e3dae2026-05-18 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_3b614a60a8e748b72026-05-18 · +3dVerified
Texas State AGbd_f40314fa897a81032026-05-15 · +6dVerified by operator

Name: City of Bedford, Texas
norm: city of bedford texas
Domain: bedfordtx.gov

Name: City of Bedford, Texas
norm: city of bedford texas
Domain: bedfordtx.gov
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Apr 9, 2025
Breach occurred: Apr 5, 2025 – Apr 9, 2025
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMinor
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement of the incident
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Began working with independent cybersecurity experts to investigate the activity
Engaged a specialized data-review firm to analyze those files
Notified law enforcement of the incident
Changes made: Taken steps to further strengthen the security of our systems
Offering you a complimentary 12/24-month membership to Epiq - Privacy Solutions ID
Offering your child a complimentary 12/24-month membership to Epiq Privacy Solutions ID Minor Monitoring services
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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Texas State AGMay 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

Indiana State AG+6d

Nebraska State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 15 (TX), last May 21 (NE) — a 6-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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/40cf47bf-da6e-4e99-8532-a455dd03af33.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 21, 2026
Raw hash: 81dacd95b8dab555ab565d2a0bc69b23b9c8470440f3efee0de6bc2d55f1e5d9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCity of Bedford, Texas

Victim entityCity of Bedford, Texas

Incidentdiscovered Apr 9, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov