Breaches and incidents
Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government (Louisiana): cyber incident, residents’ SSNs and other data may have been downloaded
TPCG’s cyber incident notice says it identified suspicious activity “within a portion of its network environment” on 30 Sep 2026 (referencing an initial 1...
- Disclosed
- Verification
- Checked against a primary source
What happened
- TPCG’s cyber incident notice says it identified suspicious activity “within a portion of its network environment” on 30 Sep 2026 (referencing an initial 1 Oct 2026 press release) and that “certain information may have been accessed and downloaded”; information on residents, employees and vendors possibly involved includes names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license or Louisiana ID numbers, financial account information, passport numbers and biometric data, to the extent TPCG held it.
- Root cause: not disclosed.
- No attacker named.
- TPCG contained the activity, hired third-party forensic specialists, notified local police, the FBI, Louisiana State Police and GOHSEP, and set up an assistance line; the investigation is ongoing.