HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Dallas County, Texas

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 19, 2023

Filed

Jul 15, 2024

To disclose

39 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Dallas County, Texas notified the NH Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident discovered on Oct 19, 2023. The incident impacted 5 NH residents, involving SSNs and basic PII. The County engaged forensic specialists, deployed EDR, forced password resets, and offered credit monitoring. Notices were sent starting July 10, 2024.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d39 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

discovery → filing · 39 weeks / 270 days

Oct 19, 2023

Discovered

Jul 15, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim predates this filing by 270 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_1b62d05ca632c2de2023-10-19 · +270dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_75d364f0d461aed92024-07-15Verified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_07372230281d08372024-07-10 · +5dCandidate

Name: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
norm: troutman pepper hamilton sanders
Domain: troutman.com

Name: Dallas County, Texas
norm: dallas county
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Oct 19, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 10, 2024
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party cybersecurity specialists to perform a comprehensive investigation
Deployed an Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tool across servers and endpoints
Forced password changes for all users
Blocked ingress and egress traffic to IP addresses identified as malicious
Established a dedicated call center for individuals to call with questions
Notified impacted individuals through nationwide media press release, website notice, and postal mail
Changes made: Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 39 weeks(270 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGJul 10 · first

Massachusetts State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 10 (VT), last Jul 15 (NH) — a 5-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/dallas-county-texas-20240715.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 15, 2024
Raw hash: 2b63b5808c028254eb7c3e0ba46d65681501bcc334d5c69b01b3a8c76de3b8fe

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTroutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Victim entityDallas County, Texas

Incidentdiscovered Oct 19, 2023

Stated responseEngaged third-party cybersecurity specialists to perform a comprehensive investigation

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov