MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedData PublishedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Box Elder County

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 3, 2025

Filed

Dec 24, 2025

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Box Elder County →

Box Elder County, Utah, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware incident affecting two New Hampshire residents. Unauthorized access occurred between May 6, 2025, and August 3, 2025. The County detected ransomware on August 3, 2025, and engaged forensic consultants. Personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, was exfiltrated and posted online. The County refused to pay the ransom. Notification to affected individuals was sent on December 17, 2025.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d20 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 · 89 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 143 days

May 6, 2025

Begins

Aug 3, 2025

Discovered

Dec 24, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

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

A leak claim by interlock about this victim predates this filing by 133 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteinterlockbd_7a2d89b97d32cf822025-08-13 · +133dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_83ffa09a231748e52025-12-26 · +2dVerified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_153cc7b458d943ec2025-12-17 · +7dVerified
Maine State AGbd_2991d0849073512f2025-12-17 · +7dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_a1e28b49e506ea412025-12-17 · +7dVerified by operator

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 7d gap

Indiana State AGbd_d1cfbff34cfa17612025-12-17 · +7dVerified

Name: Box Elder County
norm: box elder county
Domain: boxeldercounty.org

Name: Box Elder County
norm: box elder county
Domain: boxeldercounty.org
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Aug 3, 2025
Breach occurred: May 6, 2025 – Aug 3, 2025
Undetected for: 89 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 17, 2025
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with assistance from nationally recognized third-party cybersecurity and data forensics consultants
Alerted state and federal law enforcement
Refused to pay the cyber criminals any ransom
Conducted a thorough review of that data
Deployed security tools to enhance detection and accelerate response to cyber incidents
Actively monitoring its network using end point detection tools
Conducted enterprise-wide password reset
Strengthened restrictions for external network access
Evaluating steps to further bolster its cyber defenses
Providing notice to all appropriate state regulators
Changes made: Deployed security tools to enhance detection and accelerate response to cyber incidents
Actively monitoring its network using end point detection tools
Conducted enterprise-wide password reset
Strengthened restrictions for external network access
Evaluating steps to further bolster its cyber defenses
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(143 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Nebraska State AGDec 17 · first

Maine State AGDec 17 · first

Montana State AGDec 17 · first

Indiana State AGDec 17 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Dec 17 (NE), last Dec 26 (MA) — a 9-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/box-elder-county-utah-20251224.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 24, 2025
Raw hash: be9e5948cf7c303f5fc4e7a2c507e83ceec54b8c55286f26e08efd003c2903c1

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBox Elder County

Victim entityBox Elder County

Incidentdiscovered Aug 3, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with assistance from nationally recognized third-party cybersecurity and data forensics consultants

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov