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MisuseGovernmentEducationGovernmentIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

State of Montana Office of Public Instruction

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 13, 2020

Filed

Feb 5, 2021

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

931 in this filing

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for State of Montana Office of Public Instruction →

The State of Montana Office of Public Instruction experienced an internal system breach starting on January 1, 2013, and discovered on November 13, 2020. The breach affected 93 individuals, including one Maine resident, compromising their name and Social Security number. Affected individuals were notified on February 5, 2021, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Nov 13, 2020 → Filed with AG Feb 5, 202184d ⏱ ME AG >30d12 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 · 2873 days
discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 84 days

Jan 1, 2013

Begins

Nov 13, 2020

Discovered

Feb 5, 2021

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed93 affectedView incident

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.