MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Franklin County, Kansas

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 20, 2024

Filed

Sep 23, 2024

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Franklin County, Kansas →2 incidents on file

Franklin County, Kansas notified the NH AG of a ransomware attack discovered on May 20, 2024. Attackers exfiltrated data from County poll books on May 19, 2024. The incident affected 7 New Hampshire residents (mostly former residents now in MA). Data included names and government IDs. The County engaged forensic investigators, cooperated with federal law enforcement, and offered 1-year Experian credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 126 days

May 19, 2024

Begins

May 20, 2024

Discovered

Sep 23, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_020b66c9f0f4c8ed2024-09-20 · +3dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_90c40cb304106e092024-09-20 · +3dCandidate

Name: Franklin County, Kansas
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Name: Franklin County, Kansas
norm: franklin county kansas
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 20, 2024
Breach occurred: May 19, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 29, 2024
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the United States Department of Health and Human ServicesNotified appropriate state regulatorsNotified the Kansas Secretary of State’s office

During the incident: Began working with a nationally recognized digital forensics team to secure its network and investigate what happened
Alerted and cooperated with federal law enforcement
Conducted a thorough review to determine what information may have been involved, who may have been affected, and where those people live
Searched Dark Web sources and found no indication that any personal information that the County maintains had been released or offered for sale
Changes made: Deployed security monitoring tools to enhance detection and accelerate response to cyber incidents
Strengthened network access security requirements
Disabled inactive user accounts in order to reduce possible security threats
Implemented enhanced technical security solutions including updated firewall protections
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(126 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGSep 20 · first

Maine State AGSep 20 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/franklin-county-kansas-20240923.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 23, 2024
Raw hash: 5b6dfc60f9e4e331072f780d04759cc7f7099b65ddbb928be37f5cffced3c448

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFranklin County, Kansas

Victim entityFranklin County, Kansas

Incidentdiscovered May 20, 2024

Stated responseBegan working with a nationally recognized digital forensics team to secure its network and investigate what happened

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov