Social EngineeringGovernmentGovernmentPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Racine County, Wisconsin

bd_976f7261cd10c7d0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 25, 2019

Filed

Mar 9, 2020

To disclose

46 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Racine County, Wisconsin →

Racine County, Wisconsin notified individuals of a data security incident discovered on April 25, 2019, involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts via phishing. Personal information was accessed. The County engaged forensic investigators and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 46 weeks / 319 days

Apr 25, 2019

Discovered

Mar 9, 2020

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_03363e497cd387c72020-03-04 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_6d9af5c2e303163b2020-03-04 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7718906e4d568cc32020-03-04 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_dbdd25d829c49c732020-01-01 · +68dCandidate

Name: Racine County, Wisconsin
norm: racine county
Domain: visitracinecounty.com

Name: Racine County, Wisconsin
norm: racine county wisconsin
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Apr 25, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 3, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged an independent forensics firm
Engaged a document review vendor
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Working with cybersecurity experts to enhance the security of our email environment
Changes made: Enhanced the security of our email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 46 weeks(319 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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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+63d

Montana State AG+63d

Massachusetts State AG+63d

South Carolina State AG+68d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Mar 9 (SC) — a 68-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/2020/RacineCounty.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 9, 2020
Raw hash: 350a78eb86cbb28936c19dbe1f4659e8d5c87546032908275af3b80e1fcfe041

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRacine County, Wisconsin

Victim entityRacine County, Wisconsin

Incidentdiscovered Apr 25, 2019

Stated responseEngaged an independent forensics firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov