Social EngineeringGovernmentGovernmentPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Dakota County, Minnesota

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 13, 2019

Filed

Apr 12, 2019

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Dakota County, Minnesota →

Dakota County, Minnesota, notified individuals of a data security incident discovered on February 13, 2019, involving unauthorized access to a Social Services employee's email account via phishing. The incident may have exposed names, addresses, driver's license numbers, SSNs, and PHI. Dakota County reset passwords, engaged forensic experts, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Feb 13, 2019

Discovered

Apr 12, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_dba109ebd1a4d9db2019-04-12Verified

Name: Dakota County, Minnesota
norm: dakota county minnesota

Name: Dakota County, Minnesota
norm: dakota county minnesota
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 12, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Reset the passwords for all employee email accounts
Implemented additional email and network security measures
Launched an investigation
Engaged independent cybersecurity experts to provide assistance
Offering identity theft protection services through ID Experts
Changes made: Implemented additional email and network security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRApr 12 · first

Montana State AGApr 12 · first · this page

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/CON-Dakota-County-Montana-Regulatory-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 12, 2019
Raw hash: 1be235db34e46a925a87c749c59ca029d87317197250c8d3c6b2a05279184955

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDakota County, Minnesota

Victim entityDakota County, Minnesota

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2019

Stated responseReset the passwords for all employee email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov