AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisconfigurationData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Johnson County, Texas

bd_85272574fbb5d7e9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 7, 2022

Filed

Nov 23, 2022

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

91state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Johnson County, Texas →2 incidents on file

Johnson County, Texas, notified individuals on November 23, 2022, of a data security incident discovered on July 7, 2022. A file containing names, addresses, SSNs, and dates of birth was inadvertently left publicly available during a data migration project. The County engaged a cybersecurity firm, secured its environment, and offered complimentary identity theft protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 139 days

Jul 7, 2022

Discovered

Nov 23, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_439a10fd30f708b72022-11-23Verified
Indiana State AGbd_9e05ace6afc1c83f2022-11-23Verified
California State AGbd_9f3bc0e2b0f5c5b92022-11-23Candidate
Maine State AGbd_f938707e94bd6f6e2022-11-23Verified

Name: Johnson County, Texas
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Name: Johnson County, Texas
norm: johnson county texas
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jul 7, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 91state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to secure our digital environment
Engaged a leading cybersecurity firm to assist with an investigation
Completed a comprehensive review of the potentially affected data
Engaged a vendor to gather up-to-date contact information
Offering you complimentary identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(139 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGNov 23 · first

Indiana State AGNov 23 · first

California State AGNov 23 · first

Maine State AGNov 23 · first

Montana State AGNov 23 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-742.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 23, 2022
Raw hash: abc5533847deca1154daef2d8e02b8d5853b6b3ec7b061c15c64ea82bcef61c6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJohnson County, Texas

Victim entityJohnson County, Texas

Incidentdiscovered Jul 7, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure our digital environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov