MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Wood County, Ohio

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 9, 2024

Filed

Feb 25, 2025

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Wood County, Ohio →2 incidents on file

Wood County, Ohio notified the Maryland AG of a ransomware incident detected on Dec 9, 2024. Unauthorized access occurred Nov 28 and Dec 7-8, 2024, resulting in file exfiltration. One Maryland resident's name and SSN were compromised. The County engaged forensic consultants, notified law enforcement, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maryland clock⏱ MD AG >30d11 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Nov 28, 2024

Begins

Dec 9, 2024

Discovered

Feb 25, 2025

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_65e1e9c0bb3ac86f2025-02-25Verified

Name: Wood County, Ohio
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Name: Wood County, Ohio
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Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Dec 9, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 28, 2024 – Dec 8, 2024
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 25, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement and appropriate state agenciesNotifying all appropriate state regulators

During the incident: Launched an investigation with assistance from nationally recognized third-party cybersecurity and data forensics consultants
Notified law enforcement and appropriate state agencies
Began an extensive review to determine what information may have been involved and who may have been affected
Cooperating with the federal law enforcement investigation into this incident
Offering complimentary identity monitoring services
Changes made: Deploying security tools to enhance detection and accelerate response to cyber incidents
Enhancing security measures related to document storage
Partnering with third-party experts in IT systems and cybersecurity
Investing in hardware and system enhancements to further protect against cyber incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 25 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 25 · 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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376414.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 25, 2025
Raw hash: 98c9700d01424968f39d017c2df3c154bf9387f010947641f7ac7ced1d90c051

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWood County, Ohio

Victim entityWood County, Ohio

Incidentdiscovered Dec 9, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with assistance from nationally recognized third-party cybersecurity and data forensics consultants

ComplianceMD AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov