[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f1d87rot770jya":3},{"success":4,"breach":5},true,{"_id":6,"name":7,"title":8,"slug":9,"domain":10,"breachDate":11,"addedDate":12,"publishedAt":13,"modifiedDate":12,"contentUpdatedAt":14,"source":15,"sourceUrl":16,"sourceUrls":17,"pwnCount":18,"affectedCount":18,"affectedCountStatus":19,"affectedCountLowerBound":13,"affectedCountUnit":20,"hasEnglishDescription":4,"contentLocale":21,"availableLocales":22,"translations":24,"severity":27,"dataClasses":28,"description":37,"seoTitle":38,"seoDescription":39,"logoUrl":40,"isVerified":4,"isSensitive":4,"isSpamList":41,"isMalware":41,"company":42},"6a4cf2bba8ed71b055ce5f47","City of Middletown, Ohio 2025","City of Middletown, Ohio 2025 Data Breach","city-of-middletown-ohio-2025","cityofmiddletown.org","2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","2026-07-07T12:36:11.902Z",null,"2026-07-18T23:21:45.876Z","Manual reviewed breach record","",[],123791,"known","unknown","en",[21,23],"tr",{"en":25,"tr":26},{"slug":9},{"slug":9},"High",[29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36],"Names","Physical addresses","Social security numbers","Driver's licenses","Government issued IDs","Bank account numbers","Personal health data","Health insurance information","\u003Cp>City of Middletown, Ohio 2025 data breach is a cybersecurity incident that occurred in the city's network environment in the summer of 2025 and resulted in the retrieval of some files by an unauthorized third party. The City announced that it learned on August 17, 2025 that certain systems on its network were affected by a data security incident. As a result of the subsequent review and document evaluation, it was announced that it was determined on May 18, 2026 that the unauthorized party received files from the network between July 29, 2025 and August 17, 2025, and that these files contained personal information. This record was kept as a separate and highly sensitive record because the incident could have a wide impact on municipal services, identity information, financial account information and health-related information.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The incident is not just a technical outage or disruption in municipal services. Categories of disclosed data include names, addresses, social security numbers, driver's license or government identification information, financial account information, medical information, and health insurance information. When these classes of data coexist, there is a serious risk of identity theft, fraudulent account openings, financial fraud, public service authentication abuse, medical identity theft, and spear phishing attempts. The municipality's notification process started on June 3, 2026, and it was stated that free credit monitoring service was offered to people with social security numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Leaked Data Types and Risks\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The data classes used for this record are names, physical addresses, social security numbers, driver's licenses, government-issued IDs, bank account numbers, personal health data, and health insurance information. The financial account information statement has not been translated into a narrower card number claim; The record is kept to represent banking or account-related financial data. Medical information and health insurance information are shown under the personal health data and health insurance information classes. This approach represents the described categories without enlarging them or adding imprecise subdomains.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When the name, address, and social security number are present together, attackers can attempt to open a new account, apply for a loan, fake tax transactions, or utility fraud. Driver's license or government ID information increases the risk of bypassing identity verification questions and initiating legal action. Financial account information may be used for unauthorized payments, small test transactions or account takeover attempts. Health and health insurance information can lead to longer-term consequences, such as unrecognized health care claims, inaccurate insurance billing, harm to personal health privacy, and personalized threatening messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Verified Scope and Limits\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The start date of the incident appears as 29 July 2025 in official notifications; The unauthorized file retrieval window extends to August 17, 2025. The municipality announced that it learned about the affected systems on August 17, 2025, and after review and document evaluation, determined that there was personal information in the files on May 18, 2026, and sent the notifications on June 3, 2026. The official state notification list puts the total number of affected people at 123,791. The health breach notification also appears for a subset of protected health information for 20,608 individuals.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>These two numbers should not be treated as the same conflicting metric. The value 123,791 represents the overall notification total, and the value 20,608 represents the subfield containing protected health-related information. For this reason, the number of main affected people in the record was kept as 123,791, and the health data risk was also explained. It should not be assumed that every affected person has all types of data; Municipal announcements indicate that data may vary from person to person. The record clearly reflects the existence of the event and the main timeline, while maintaining that person-based field coverage must be verified by individual notification letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>At-Risk User Groups\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The highest risk group is those who have a municipal services, billing, tax, public health, personnel, application, permit, payment or past transaction relationship with the City of Middletown and are covered by the notification. Municipal datasets may include not only current city residents but also former residents, employees, users, applicants, payers, or third parties registered in municipal systems. That's why he or she should check to see if not only people who currently live within Middletown boundaries, but also people who have had official transactions with the city in the past, have received notifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>People who have a social security number, driver's license, or government ID are at higher risk for identity theft. People with financial account knowledge should monitor bank transactions, direct debit changes, and small trial transactions they do not recognize. People with medical or health insurance information should look not only at credit reports but also at health insurance disclosures and medical billing records. If a person's identity, financial and health areas are affected, the risk level should be considered critical and protection steps should be continued for a longer period of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Urgent Measures to Be Taken\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Those who receive notifications should first check the data types specified in the letter and the last registration date of the credit monitoring service offered. People with a social security number should consider the options of a credit freeze or fraud alert. If a new account, unrecognized query, address change, collection record or transaction that cannot be associated with identity information is seen on the credit reports, a written objection must be made to the relevant financial institution and credit bureau. These steps do not completely prevent attackers from reusing the same information later, but they significantly reduce the chance of new financial harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Individuals whose financial account information may have been affected should contact their banks to review their account transactions, take small transactions they do not recognize seriously, and request account number changes or additional verification if necessary. People with health insurance or medical information should look for any exam, prescription, service, payment, or provider record that is not recognized in their insurance disclosures. Phone and email requests using the name of a municipality, bank, insurance or public agency must be verified by direct call back; Social security number, identity document or financial account information should not be entered through the link.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Long Term Security Strategies\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The risk of such municipal data breaches is long-lasting because social security numbers, birth-related identification fields, driver's license information and health information cannot be easily changed. Affected individuals need to be careful not only in the first few weeks, but also in subsequent tax periods, loan applications, insurance renewals and municipal transactions. A credit freeze may be a stronger long-term protection for people who are not actively applying for credit. People with health data should continue to review their insurance records and medical bills periodically.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>From an institutional perspective, it is important to keep identity, payment, health and public service data in different systems in municipal systems, narrowing access rights and regular cleaning of old file stores. Centralized monitoring of network logs, file export alerts, segregation of backups, incident response testing, staff training, and retention period policies for sensitive documents reduce the impact of similar incidents. Data inventory is particularly critical because municipalities maintain data from many different service areas; It becomes difficult to make quick and accurate notifications without knowing which personal fields are located in which system.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Record Control and User Action\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Users who see the City of Middletown, Ohio 2025 record on Leakdata should consider the result as a risk to broad identity and financial data originating from the municipality, not just health data. The main number in the record is the overall notification total of 123,791; The subset of 20,608 individuals associated with health data is also included in the risk disclosure. You will need to look at what data fields are included in your individual notification letter because not every person may have a social security number, financial account information, or health information. However, if there is a possibility of social security number or health insurance information, one should not act with the assumption of low risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Users should check their old and new mailing addresses, payment or application relationships with the municipality, bank accounts, credit reports and health insurance statements together. If an unrecognized financial transaction, loan application, insurance request, municipal account change or identity verification attempt is observed, the relevant institutions should be contacted without delay and the conversations should be recorded. Date distinction is also important in this case: the file retrieval period is between July 29, 2025 and August 17, 2025, the detection of personal information is between May 18, 2026, and the notification period is June 3, 2026.\u003C\u002Fp>","City of Middletown, Ohio 2025 Data Breach (123.8 Thousand Reported Records)","City of Middletown, Ohio 2025 Data Breach. 123.8 Thousand reported records are reported. Reported data: Names, Physical addresses, Social security numbers…","\u002Fuploads\u002Flogo\u002Fcity-of-middletown-ohio-2025.png",false,{"name":43,"sector":44,"country":45,"website":10,"websiteArchiveUrl":16,"websiteStatus":16,"websiteCheckedAt":13},"City of Middletown, Ohio","Government \u002F Municipal Services","United States"]