MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Union County, Pennsylvania

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 13, 2025

Filed

Jul 16, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Union County, Pennsylvania, notified affected individuals of a ransomware incident detected on March 13, 2025, impacting the Children and Youth Services department. The attack encrypted data and exfiltrated PII (names, DOB, SSN, driver's licenses) and PHI (medical records, insurance info). The County engaged third-party forensic consultants, alerted federal law enforcement, and notified HHS. Remediation included enterprise-wide password resets and enhanced network monitoring. Notification letters were sent starting June 26, 2025, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Mar 13, 2025

Begins

Mar 13, 2025

Discovered

Jul 16, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Union County, Pennsylvania
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Name: Union County, Pennsylvania
norm: union county
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Mar 13, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 13, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 26, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified the Union County District Attorneyalerted federal law enforcementnotified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and all appropriate state regulators

During the incident: Worked with our team to secure our network and begin an investigation
Notified the Union County District Attorney and will cooperate with any law enforcement investigation
Launched an investigation with assistance from nationally recognized third-party cybersecurity and data forensics consultants
Alerted federal law enforcement
Notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and all appropriate state regulators
Changes made: Deployed security tools to enhance detection and accelerate response to cyber incidents
Actively monitoring our network using end point detection tools to help ensure containment
Conducted an enterprise-wide password reset
Strengthened restrictions for external network access
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/33ec316a-d89f-429d-b218-5a29cc415ab5.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 16, 2025
Raw hash: c07c8c1eecb53ae1b0dc2e4a5ea625507f5a211fe239513f7a277d13ffe3d452

Reporting entityUnion County, Pennsylvania

Victim entityUnion County, Pennsylvania

Incidentdiscovered Mar 13, 2025

Stated responseWorked with our team to secure our network and begin an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov