MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData ExfiltratedData PublishedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentMediumActive

Chatham County, North Carolina

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 9, 2021

Filed

Apr 27, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Chatham County, North Carolina →

Chatham County, NC, notified individuals of a ransomware attack in October 2020. Files containing PII (names, SSNs, DOBs, health info) were exfiltrated and posted publicly. The County discovered the incident on Feb 9, 2021. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of credit monitoring via IDX. Investigation is ongoing.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 131 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

Oct 1, 2020

Begins

Feb 9, 2021

Discovered

Apr 27, 2021

Filed

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on median

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_7572ae814af50f0d2021-04-27Candidate

Name: Chatham County, North Carolina
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Name: Chatham County, North Carolina
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Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Feb 9, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2020 – Oct 31, 2020
Undetected for: 131 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 27, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1566 Phishing
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Worked closely with the North Carolina Emergency Management
Engaged a third-party information technology forensics firm
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Established a call center to assist affected individuals
Changes made: Determine how the attack occurred in an effort to prevent it from happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(77 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGApr 27 · first

Montana State AGApr 27 · first · this page

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/Chatham-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 27, 2021
Raw hash: e91a1fada3322499c5a0abe33e9a3a16ada49148a3f6a094e3afd668c05a4283

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChatham County, North Carolina

Victim entityChatham County, North Carolina

Incidentdiscovered Feb 9, 2021

Stated responseWorked closely with the North Carolina Emergency Management

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov