AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Teton County

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 22, 2021

Filed

Mar 24, 2022

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

60state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Teton County →2 incidents on file

Teton County, Idaho, disclosed a data security incident involving its public records search portal (Laserfiche). The County discovered that sensitive personal information, including names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers, was potentially accessible to the public via the portal from upload until December 22, 2021. The County engaged forensic investigators, secured the portal, and notified approximately 60 Idaho residents. Remediation includes scrubbing documents of sensitive data and implementing controls to prevent future inclusion of sensitive info in public records.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Dec 22, 2021

Discovered

Mar 24, 2022

Filed

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_01d42fb64e32fdf02022-03-24Verified by operator
Idaho State AGbd_e24a9cedf5ef81922022-03-03 · +21dCandidate

Name: Teton County
norm: teton county
Domain: co.teton.id.us

Name: Teton County
norm: teton county
Domain: co.teton.id.us
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Dec 22, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 24, 2022
Affected individuals: 60state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Regulator citations: Provided notice of this incident to appropriate state regulators

During the incident: Engaged legal counsel with an expertise in cybersecurity
Hired a nationally recognized cyber security and digital forensics firm to assist with the investigation
Removed access to the portal
Secured all such personal information from future online searches
Conducted an extensive review of this data
Provided written notice of a data breach to approximately 60 Idaho residents
Provided regular updates about this incident to the Idaho Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Information Officer and Office of Risk Management
Changes made: Searching all documents for sensitive information so they can be removed from the public records database
Ensuring newly added documents do not contain sensitive information
Investing in internal processes, tools, and resources to reduce the likelihood that this could happen again
Continuously working to identify and mitigate threats and evaluate its IT security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 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 · 2 states

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Idaho State AGMar 3 · first

Montana State AG+21d

Idaho State AG+21d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 3 (ID), last Mar 24 (ID) — a 21-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://ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2022/03/03-24-2022-Teton-County.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 24, 2022
Raw hash: e1f503fe9314415afc5f70cc54bec38cc3d9b57a30d9c7e9496285e346298481

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTeton County

Victim entityTeton County

Incidentdiscovered Dec 22, 2021

Stated responseEngaged legal counsel with an expertise in cybersecurity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceag.idaho.gov