MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Franklin County, Kansas

bd_020b66c9f0f4c8ed · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 20, 2024

Filed

Sep 20, 2024

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

12state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Franklin County, Kansas, notified individuals of a ransomware attack discovered on May 20, 2024. Attackers exfiltrated data from County poll book records starting May 19, 2024. The County engaged forensic investigators, cooperated with federal law enforcement, and enhanced network security. Notices were sent beginning August 16, 2024, offering one year of Experian identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 123 days

May 19, 2024

Begins

May 20, 2024

Discovered

Sep 20, 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

Maine State AGbd_90c40cb304106e092024-09-20Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_0156e0ceeb16221f2024-09-23 · +3dVerified

Name: Franklin County, Kansas
norm: franklin county kansas

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 16, 2024
Affected individuals: 12state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified the Kansas Secretary of State’s office and all appropriate state regulatorscooperated with federal law enforcement

During the incident: Began working with a nationally recognized digital forensics team to secure our network and investigate what happened
Alerted and cooperated with federal law enforcement
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
Notified the Kansas Secretary of State’s office and all appropriate state regulators
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(123 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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Maine State AGSep 20 · first

Montana State AGSep 20 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1700.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 20, 2024
Raw hash: 9c7a11a734ff661f8dbe70d4644620f5d034d3371d3d942f7363b6bf77ae8f5a

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 our network and investigate what happened

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov