MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Association of California School Administrators

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 24, 2023

Filed

May 22, 2024

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Association of California School Administrators →

Association of California School Administrators notified consumers of a September 2023 ransomware incident where an unauthorized actor encrypted files and accessed personal information. The breach impacted names and potentially other data. The organization engaged third-party cybersecurity specialists, conducted a review, and offered 12-24 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday34 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 241 days

Sep 23, 2023

Begins

Sep 24, 2023

Discovered

May 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_40b3f13958d534622024-05-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4d8b08bc7963ab0f2024-05-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_52eeace4e171e4542024-05-22Verified
California State AGbd_56449ff5993e7e502024-05-22Verified

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Maine State AGbd_724586f861f6bfc42024-05-22Candidate
Montana State AGbd_fc9882e474ad594b2024-05-22Candidate

Name: Association of California School Administrators
norm: association of california school administrators

Name: Association of California School Administrators
norm: association of california school administrators
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 24, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 23, 2023 – Sep 24, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: May 22, 2024
Notification sent: May 22, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists
Conducted a comprehensive, programmatic and manual review to identify whether the files contained personal information
Offering credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX for 12/24 months, at no cost
Changes made: Assess and further strengthen the security of our systems and computer environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(241 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGMay 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 22 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 22 · first

California State AGMay 22 · first

Maine State AGMay 22 · first

Montana State AGMay 22 · first

Vermont State AGMay 22 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-05-22-association-california-school-administrators-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 22, 2024
Raw hash: 0eb6e3ec67833cd813e179b4733357b73959f2ae8e4512314e2fff0398f2bb90

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAssociation of California School Administrators

Victim entityAssociation of California School Administrators

Incidentdiscovered Sep 24, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov