Winona County
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Full breach record for Winona County →2 incidents on fileThreat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Interlock on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
Winona County is located in the Mississippi River blufflands of southeastern Minnesota. They have been negligent regarding security and the data they store, which has resulted in a breach and the public disclosure of all the confidential data they held. As a result, we are now able to offer you a large database containing resident records, tax and budget documents, police records, and data from other institutions.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
May 1, 2026
Claim posted
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Corroborated · see linked filings
This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
Not assessable
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap
- Massachusetts State AGbd_30724b94e44bf2212026-10-01 · +153dCandidate
- Vermont State AGbd_4ef1c8616a85c0522026-10-08 · +160dVerified by operator
- New Hampshire State AGbd_ec2b73271f8aca002026-10-14 · +166dCandidate
Press reports (1)
- Pressinterlockbd_192fea38c147277e2026-04-06 · +25dVerified by operator
Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Oct 1 (MA), last Oct 14 (NH) — a 13-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.
Source ceiling
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- discovery date
- materiality
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- affected count
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The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
interlock
According to ransomware.live, Interlock is a ransomware group first observed in September 2024 that targets critical infrastructure sectors including healthcare, government, education, and technology across North America and Europe using double-extortion, with 57+ claimed victims including a major US dialysis provider exposing over two million patient records.