HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Lorain County Auditor's Office

bd_689096425d594a9a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 23, 2025

Filed

Sep 19, 2025

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

18,4915 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Lorain County Auditor's Office →

Lorain County Auditor's Office reported an external system breach (hacking) on May 23, 2025, discovered on August 6, 2025. The incident affected 18,491 individuals, including 5 Maine residents. PII was potentially accessed. The organization engaged forensic investigators and offered 12 months of credit monitoring through Equifax. Notices were sent on September 19, 2025.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 23, 2025 → Filed with AG Sep 19, 2025119d ✗ ME AG >90d6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 119 days

May 23, 2025

Begins

May 23, 2025

Discovered

Sep 19, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5438968e269061a12025-09-19Verified
Vermont State AGbd_9d485efc3c2da1fb2025-09-19Verified
Indiana State AGbd_c481abdf0b33025f2025-09-19Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_de421936869683872025-09-19Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_d5f6fda3b2a133582025-09-25 · +6dVerified

Name: Lorain County Auditor's Office
norm: lorain county auditor s office

Name: Lorain County Auditor's Office
norm: lorain county auditor s office
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 23, 2025
Breach occurred: May 23, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 19, 2025
Affected individuals: 18,491state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Extensive forensic investigation and document review
Secured the services of Privacy Solutions to provide complimentary identity monitoring
Offered 12 months free through Equifax
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 119d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 23, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Sep 19, 2025
119d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 23, 2025 → Filed with AG: Sep 19, 2025	119d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 19 · first

Vermont State AGSep 19 · first

Indiana State AGSep 19 · first

Nebraska State AGSep 19 · first

Maine State AGSep 19 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Sep 19 (MA), last Sep 25 (NH) — a 6-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/a6d9b132-48f9-43b7-b222-6e5c9f326409.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 19, 2025
Raw hash: f78f10e76922c276d6a606792a4695fb90e2c0aba4b9d90ae49b0b7e6adbf2bd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLorain County Auditor's Office

Victim entityLorain County Auditor's Office

Incidentdiscovered May 23, 2025

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov