Social EngineeringGovernmentGovernmentPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Hardin County Kentucky

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 26, 2024

Filed

Nov 27, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Hardin County Kentucky →

Hardin County, Kentucky, notified residents of a cyber incident where an employee email account was compromised via phishing. Unauthorized access occurred from July 1, 2024, to September 26, 2024. The attacker downloaded mailbox contents, exposing names, addresses, DOBs, medical information, and insurance details. The County secured the account, enhanced security procedures, and notified HHS and state regulators.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 87 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Jul 1, 2024

Begins

Sep 26, 2024

Discovered

Nov 27, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Hardin County Kentucky
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Name: Hardin County Kentucky
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Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2024 – Sep 26, 2024
Undetected for: 87 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 27, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the United States Department of Health and Human ServicesNotified all appropriate state entities and regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the impacted email account by changing the password and enhancing its complexity
Strengthened procedure for accessing employee email accounts
Reduced and secured use of personal information for County employee records
Retrained employee regarding cybersecurity practices related to email
Notified the United States Department of Health and Human Services and all appropriate state entities and regulators
Changes made: Secured the impacted email account by changing the password and enhancing its complexity
Strengthened procedure for accessing employee email accounts
Reduced and secured use of personal information for County employee records
Retrained employee regarding cybersecurity practices related to email
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/2025/02/Consumer-notification-letter-22.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 27, 2024
Raw hash: 5be21d394c81ac681ffd365243fec47245ae3abc4b18123f406f61a95dde051f

Reporting entityHardin County Kentucky

Victim entityHardin County Kentucky

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2024

Stated responseSecured the impacted email account by changing the password and enhancing its complexity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov