HackingEducationEducationData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEducationMediumActive

Sugar-Salem School District #322

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 7, 2025

Filed

Jan 21, 2025

To disclose

14 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sugar-Salem School District #322 →

Sugar-Salem School District No. 322, Liberty Charter School, and Victory Charter School reported a cybersecurity incident involving their third-party vendor, PowerSchool. The incident, discovered on January 7, 2025, exposed Idaho residents' names and Social Security numbers. The Schools engaged legal counsel and a forensic firm, confirming the breach of personal information under Idaho law. Notice was filed with the Idaho Attorney General on January 21, 2025, with plans to notify affected individuals and offer credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 days

Jan 7, 2025

Discovered

Jan 21, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Part of PowerSchool supply-chain incident (2025) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC
norm: eckert seamans cherin mellott

Name: Sugar-Salem School District #322
norm: sugar salem school district 322
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 7, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 21, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Provided notice to Idaho Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Third party: via PowerSchool
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began an investigation with the assistance of legal counsel and a nationally recognized cyber security and digital forensics firm
Confirmed that the data affected by the PowerSchool incident included personal information
Reporting a breach of the security of the system, pursuant to Idaho Code § 28-51-105(1)
Ensure that notice is provided to the impacted individuals, as required by law
Offer of complimentary credit monitoring where appropriate
Changes made: Offer of complimentary credit monitoring where appropriate
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 days(14 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2025/01/1-21-2025-Sugar-Salem-School-District-No.-322.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 21, 2025
Raw hash: bb1b54ac2d1e84e2ab69b76fe008f77f94f3ef7373311ce620c0fea720abc16a

Reporting entityECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC

Victim entitySugar-Salem School District #322

Incidentdiscovered Jan 7, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the assistance of legal counsel and a nationally recognized cyber security and digital forensics firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov