HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumActive

Scioto County, Ohio

bd_3c9d4bee71a49e53 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 14, 2025

Filed

Apr 3, 2025

To disclose

20 days

Affected · nationwide

1,3801 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Scioto County, Ohio →

Scioto County, Ohio reported an external system breach (hacking) affecting three employee email accounts. Unauthorized access occurred between Jan 24 and Feb 3, 2025. The incident involved 1,380 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. Personal information was copied from one account. The County engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, and offered 12 months of Experian credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 14, 2025 → Filed with AG Apr 3, 202520d ✓ ME AG ≤30d20 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 49 days

discovery → filing · 20 days

Jan 24, 2025

Begins

Mar 14, 2025

Discovered

Apr 3, 2025

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

Vermont State AGbd_290806988d1522112025-04-03Verified
Indiana State AGbd_46a66d8429332c512025-04-03Verified

Name: Scioto County, Ohio
norm: scioto county ohio

Name: Scioto County, Ohio
norm: scioto county ohio
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Mar 14, 2025
Breach occurred: Jan 24, 2025 – Feb 3, 2025
Undetected for: 49 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 3, 2025
Affected individuals: 1,380state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified all appropriate state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Securing the impacted email accounts by changing the passwords
Retraining employees regarding cybersecurity practices related to email
Communicating with all staff regarding increased awareness of phishing emails
Evaluating our email retention policy
Ongoing investigation of additional tools, training, and third-party monitoring partnerships to strengthen security
Notified all appropriate state regulators
Launched an investigation with the assistance of a nationally recognized digital forensics firm
Changes made: Securing the impacted email accounts by changing the passwords
Retraining employees regarding cybersecurity practices related to email
Communicating with all staff regarding increased awareness of phishing emails
Evaluating our email retention policy
Ongoing investigation of additional tools, training, and third-party monitoring partnerships to strengthen security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 20d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Mar 14, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Apr 3, 2025
20d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 14, 2025 → Filed with AG: Apr 3, 2025	20d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGApr 3 · first

Indiana State AGApr 3 · first

Maine State AGApr 3 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/6e878661-6faf-4782-80a2-f3cbafabe029.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 3, 2025
Raw hash: 075f919f95ba790980400e6680364a247ad66a75e4ad1e0cb0066ee606925402

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityScioto County, Ohio

Victim entityScioto County, Ohio

Incidentdiscovered Mar 14, 2025

Stated responseSecuring the impacted email accounts by changing the passwords

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov