MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Douglas County Libraries

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 14, 2024

Filed

Mar 20, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

7 records

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Douglas County Libraries →

Douglas County Libraries experienced a ransomware incident in January 2024. Unauthorized actors accessed systems between Jan 13-14, 2024, encrypting files and exfiltrating data including names and SSNs. The network was taken offline, forensic firms engaged, and law enforcement notified. Notices were sent March 20, 2024, offering credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Jan 13, 2024

Begins

Jan 14, 2024

Discovered

Mar 20, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 7 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim was first seen 43 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_9ef1528d0e6964c72024-01-14 · +66dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1c2f60a8a3c08a7b2024-03-20Verified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_a1686723594346df2024-03-20Verified
Indiana State AGbd_eec61b58efe166162024-03-20Verified
New Hampshire State AGPLAYbd_ca240187fc5baada2024-03-28 · +8dVerified

Press reports (1)

Pressplaybd_026071173e8a397d2024-01-14 · +66dCandidate

Name: Douglas County Libraries
norm: douglas county libraries
Domain: dcl.org

Name: Douglas County Libraries
norm: douglas county libraries
Domain: dcl.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 14, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 13, 2024 – Jan 14, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 20, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement and continue to support their investigation

During the incident: Took our network offline to secure our systems
Launched an investigation
Leading cybersecurity firms were engaged to assist
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented, and continues to evaluate and implement, additional measures to further enhance the security of its systems and data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGMar 20 · first

Vermont State AGMar 20 · first

Indiana State AGMar 20 · first

Montana State AGMar 20 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Mar 20 (MA), last Mar 28 (NH) — a 8-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1209.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 20, 2024
Raw hash: 7fdaf6becabdcb1acaa5b41b661c2c736ddad6365f28ceb18d443c093bde50ad

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Press reports (1)

Reporting entityDouglas County Libraries

Victim entityDouglas County Libraries

Incidentdiscovered Jan 14, 2024

Stated responseTook our network offline to secure our systems

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov