Unauthorized access exposes personal data at Sussex County Prosecutor's Office
Unauthorized access to the network of the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey occurred from July 15 to 22. Files containing names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license or state ID numbers were accessed and may also have been exfiltrated. Sussex County issued a notice of the personal data breach.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Sussex County Prosecutor's Office
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-07-15
- Scale of damage
- Exposure of files containing personal information, including names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license or state ID numbers
- Cause / method
- Unauthorized access to the prosecutor's office network
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Unauthorized access to the prosecutor's office network began.
- The confirmed period of unauthorized access ended.
- Sussex County issued a data breach notice reporting access to files containing personal information and possible exfiltration.
6 related reports
- Sussex County Prosecutor Data Breach: SSNs, 8 Days [2026]
- County of Sussex, New Jersey Notice of Data Privacy Incident
- Sussex County Prosecutor's Office reports data breach involving Social Security numbers, personal information
- Sussex County Prosecutor Breach: 3 Steps to Take [2026]
- Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office data breach exposes personal information
- Data breach hits Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office
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