HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Bannock County, Idaho

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 30, 2020

Filed

Feb 11, 2021

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

2,085state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bannock County, Idaho →

Bannock County, Idaho, filed a supplemental notice regarding a data event where an unknown actor potentially accessed the county network on June 22, 2020. The county learned of the access on June 30, 2020. Affected data included names, addresses, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account information for 2,085 Idaho residents. Notices were sent on February 11, 2021. The county engaged forensic investigators and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 226 days

Jun 22, 2020

Begins

Jun 30, 2020

Discovered

Feb 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

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

Montana State AGbd_a2e87bbb9c37373e2021-02-11Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Bannock County, Idaho
norm: bannock county idaho
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jun 30, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 22, 2020
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 11, 2021
Affected individuals: 2,085state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: provided notice to appropriate regulatory authorities

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation into the nature and scope of this activity
Engaged a cyber-security firm to locate and retrieve the data that was illegally obtained
Hired outside counsel, which engaged forensic investigators to further analyze this event
Undertook a lengthy and thorough review of the potentially impacted data
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Kroll
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing our existing policies and procedures and will implement additional safeguards, as needed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(226 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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Montana State AGFeb 11 · first

Idaho State AGFeb 11 · 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://ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2022/03/02-11-21-Bannock-County.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 11, 2021
Raw hash: 0fb4882b7a66835bf8494e2d65297d8fd937a2796ad53aafaed61d4e1607d99f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityBannock County, Idaho

Incidentdiscovered Jun 30, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation into the nature and scope of this activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceag.idaho.gov