MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData PublishedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Douglas County Libraries

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 14, 2024

Filed

Mar 20, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Douglas County Libraries →

Douglas County Libraries experienced a ransomware incident in January 2024. Unauthorized actors accessed systems between Jan 13-14, 2024, encrypting data and exfiltrating files containing names and SSNs. Data was subsequently leaked online. The library engaged cybersecurity firms, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring. No specific affected individual count was disclosed.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday9 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 · 9 weeks / 66 days

Jan 13, 2024

Begins

Jan 14, 2024

Discovered

Mar 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim predates this filing by 77 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteplaybd_9ef1528d0e6964c72024-01-14 · +66dVerified by operator
Leak Siteplaybd_5466f467a0013a592024-01-03 · +77dVerified

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1c2f60a8a3c08a7b2024-03-20Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_2653308f1b2f337e2024-03-20Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_eec61b58efe166162024-03-20Verified
New Hampshire State AGPLAYbd_ca240187fc5baada2024-03-28 · +8dVerified

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Pressplaybd_026071173e8a397d2024-01-14 · +66dCandidate

Name: Douglas County Libraries
norm: douglas county libraries
Domain: dcl.org

Name: Douglas County Libraries
norm: douglas county libraries
Domain: dcl.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 14, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 13, 2024 – Jan 14, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 20, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement and continue to support their investigation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took our network offline to secure our systems
Launched an investigation
Leading cybersecurity firms were engaged to assist
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented, and continues to evaluate and implement, additional measures to further enhance the security of its systems and data
Offering a complimentary ##-month membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >30d
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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PressJan 14 · first

Massachusetts State AG+66d

Montana State AG+66d

Indiana State AG+66d

Vermont State AG+66d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+74d

Pattern: first filing Jan 14, last Mar 28 (NH) — a 74-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-03-20-douglas-county-libraries-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 20, 2024
Raw hash: 1d3a15e225fca520eb8e729153db37ff9822ea1a804c38c4f624deccb43be704

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDouglas County Libraries

Victim entityDouglas County Libraries

Incidentdiscovered Jan 14, 2024

Stated responseTook our network offline to secure our systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov