Texas county says 47000 had SSNs medical treatment info leaked during May cyberattack The Record from Recorded Future News

pppLeadershipppCybercrimeppNationstateppElectionsppTechnologyppCyber DailyppClick Here Podcastpp Free Newsletterpp A cyberattack in May gave hackers access to the personal financial and medical information of more than 47000 residents living in Wichita County Texas  pp County officials filed breach notification documents with regulators in Texas as well as Maine and posted a notice on their website warning residents that the incident involved everything from names Social Security numbers and government IDs to financial account information health insurance information and some types of medical treatment information pp The incident began on May 7 when the county experienced a network disruption requiring an investigation The investigation lasted until September 3 when officials fully learned what information was stolen and how many people were affected  pp The time delay between the investigation and the notice was because they needed to obtain missing address information to effectuate notification to affected individuals and set up the services being offered  pp The 47784 victims are being given two years of credit monitoring and CyberScan dark web monitoring pp The county located on the states northern border with Oklahoma has a population of about 130000 and officials did not respond to requests for comment about why there was a discrepancy between the people affected and the population size  pp At the end of May the Medusa ransomware gang claimed it stole information from the Wichita County Mounted Patrol an organization that runs rodeo competitions  pp The posting caused a stir among cybersecurity experts who noted that much of the data posted by the ransomware gang was not about rodeos but appeared to have come from county systems   pp The county did not respond to requests for comment about whether the 15 TB of data in that post was related to the cyberattack the county faced that same month The ransomware gang demanded a 320000 ransom that was not paid  pp The gang has made a point of going after US municipalities attacking another government agency in Texas in April and an Illinois county the month before ppJonathan Greigppis a Breaking News Reporter at Recorded Future News Jonathan has worked across the globe as a journalist since 2014 Before moving back to New York City he worked for news outlets in South Africa Jordan and Cambodia He previously covered cybersecurity at ZDNet and TechRepublicppPrivacyppAboutppContact Uspp Copyright 2024 The Record from Recorded Future Newsp