Elmore County

Elmore County reported to HHS on 2025-06-13 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 931 individuals. Breached information located on Email.

Elmore County, Idaho, notified the Attorney General on May 6, 2025, of a cybersecurity incident discovered on April 15, 2025. An unknown actor accessed a County email account without authorization. The County engaged legal counsel and a digital forensics firm to investigate. The incident involved unauthorized acquisition of personal information. The County plans to notify affected individuals and offer credit monitoring.

Elmore County, Idaho, reported a data breach affecting one employee email account. Unauthorized access led to the exfiltration of personal information, including names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and one payment card number with CVV. Eleven individuals were notified. The county engaged forensic investigators and legal counsel, secured accounts, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

Elmore County, Idaho, filed an update to its data breach notification on December 15, 2022, reporting two additional email account breaches discovered on December 14, 2022. The breaches involved employee email accounts from the Juvenile Probation Office and the Sheriff's Office. The same threat actor responsible for a prior breach on the county fairgrounds computer compromised these accounts. The county retained forensic firm Sylint and outside counsel to investigate, preserve evidence, and notify recipients of malicious messages.

Elmore County, Idaho, notified the Attorney General on December 14, 2022, of a breach discovered on December 13, 2022. A malicious actor exploited an isolated computer at the Elmore County Fair Grounds, possibly via a backdoor, to send a phishing/malware email to approximately 730 recipients (490 external, 240 internal). The incident resulted in the release of personal identifying information of employees and others.