MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedPIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

South Walton Fire District

bd_ccc0ea522176faf1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 30, 2022

Filed

Nov 21, 2022

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for South Walton Fire District →

South Walton Fire District notified Montana residents of a ransomware incident discovered on May 30, 2022. Unauthorized actors gained access to the network, potentially impacting PII and PHI. The District engaged forensic experts, cooperated with the FBI, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 175 days

May 30, 2022

Discovered

Nov 21, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_26e5e6cd5e7bdb642022-11-21Verified
Indiana State AGbd_c61009c73a1c12682022-11-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c709e19491476fd22022-11-21Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6be82a2b8a6132fb2022-11-22 · +1dVerified

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HHS OCRbd_22b2a5be777ffa812022-11-15 · +6dVerified

Name: South Walton Fire District
norm: south walton fire district

Name: South Walton Fire District
norm: south walton fire district
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 30, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 21, 2022
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified federal, state, and local law enforcement authoritiescooperating with the FBI
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate action to secure our environment
Notified federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities
Engaged independent digital forensics and incident response experts
Reported the incident to law enforcement and are cooperating with the FBI
Offering complimentary credit and identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance the security of our environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(175 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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HHS OCRNov 15 · first

Maine State AG+6d

Indiana State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Montana State AG+6d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Nov 15 (FL), last Nov 22 (MA) — a 7-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-734.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 21, 2022
Raw hash: e40536cbe48d87ec616e1bcedcd22bb8acfd072d75eda9d86c59bc09473e1cb0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouth Walton Fire District

Victim entitySouth Walton Fire District

Incidentdiscovered May 30, 2022

Stated responseTook immediate action to secure our environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov