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Winona County

bd_d0844e449554c09f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 22, 2026

Filed

May 18, 2026

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Winona County →2 incidents on file

Winona County, Minnesota, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware incident. Unauthorized access occurred between January 18 and January 22, 2026. The attack resulted in the exfiltration of names and Social Security numbers of one New Hampshire resident. The County detected the ransomware on January 22, 2026, engaged forensic consultants, notified the FBI, and restored its network. Notification to the affected individual was sent on May 12, 2026.

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days
discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 116 days

Jan 18, 2026

Begins

Jan 22, 2026

Discovered

May 18, 2026

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGMay 7 · first
New Hampshire State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 7 (IN), last May 18 (NH) — a 11-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.