HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Government

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 28, 2017

Filed

Aug 14, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

105state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Government →

Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments (WARCOG) notified individuals of a cyber attack discovered on June 28, 2017. An unknown third party accessed police incident reports from Wooster, Ashland, and Orrville, OH, exposing names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and driver's license numbers. FBI and local law enforcement are investigating. WARCOG engaged forensic firms, enhanced security, and offered one year of Equifax credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Jun 28, 2017

Discovered

Aug 14, 2017

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c299f865e7eb560d2017-08-14Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5d19b47f88482e5b2017-08-09 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_f55d1fe33db003152017-08-09 · +5dCandidate

Name: Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Government
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Name: Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Government
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Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jun 28, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 1, 2017
Affected individuals: 105state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: FBI notified WARCOGFBI is currently investigating the incidentreported the incident to local law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Undertaking an internal investigation of the matter
Reported the incident to local law enforcement
Engaged the services of an independent computer forensic firm
Reviewing our internal policies and data management protocols
Implemented enhanced security measures
Partnered with Equifax to provide its Credit Watch Silver credit monitoring and identity theft protection product for one year at no charge
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures to help prevent this type of incident from recurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGAug 9 · first

Montana State AGAug 9 · first

Massachusetts State AG+5d

South Carolina State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 9 (NH), last Aug 14 (SC) — 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2017/Wooster-AshlandRegionalCouncilofGovernments.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2017
Raw hash: 5c16347da62cd66d1c930b01471d1b72e338dbe6aac302d52f8a44884302f2f2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWooster-Ashland Regional Council of Government

Victim entityWooster-Ashland Regional Council of Government

Incidentdiscovered Jun 28, 2017

Stated responseUndertaking an internal investigation of the matter

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov