MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Franklin County, Kansas

bd_90c40cb304106e09 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

May 20, 2024

Filed

Sep 20, 2024

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected · nationwide

29,6908 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Franklin County, Kansas →2 incidents on file

Franklin County, Kansas, notified 29,690 individuals of a ransomware attack on May 19, 2024. The incident involved the exfiltration of personal information from County poll book records, including names and government identifiers. The County engaged forensic investigators, cooperated with federal law enforcement, and implemented enhanced security controls. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Maine clockDiscovered May 20, 2024 → Filed with AG Sep 20, 2024123d ✗ ME AG >90d18 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 123 days

May 19, 2024

Begins

May 20, 2024

Discovered

Sep 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_020b66c9f0f4c8ed2024-09-20Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_0156e0ceeb16221f2024-09-23 · +3dVerified

Name: Franklin County, Kansas
norm: franklin county kansas

Name: Franklin County, Kansas
norm: franklin county kansas
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 20, 2024
Breach occurred: May 19, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 20, 2024
Affected individuals: 29,690state + nationwide
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 the Kansas Secretary of State’s office and all appropriate state regulators

During the incident: Began working with a nationally recognized digital forensics team to secure our network and investigate what happened
Alerted and cooperated with federal law enforcement
Searched Dark Web sources
Changes made: Deployed security monitoring tools to enhance detection and accelerate response to cyber incidents
Strengthened network access security requirements
Disabled inactive user accounts in order to reduce possible security threats
Implemented enhanced technical security solutions including updated firewall protections
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(123 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 123d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 20, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Sep 20, 2024
123d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 20, 2024 → Filed with AG: Sep 20, 2024	123d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGSep 20 · first

Maine State AGSep 20 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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-a1252b4f8318/8cc74750-a884-47bf-a37a-f08edbbc7cbb.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 20, 2024
Raw hash: af6e5f5f4ae9648515f0d2221f5213860c6309e131d83493bdfba9994699e3e9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFranklin County, Kansas

Victim entityFranklin County, Kansas

Incidentdiscovered May 20, 2024

Stated responseBegan working with a nationally recognized digital forensics team to secure our network and investigate what happened

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov