HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentHighContained

Northwest Regional Education Service District

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 10, 2025

Filed

Mar 13, 2025

To disclose

3 days

Affected · nationwide

4,1853 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Northwest Regional Education Service District →3 incidents on file

Northwest Regional Education Service District (OR) notified of a third-party data breach by service provider Carruth Compliance Consulting. Unauthorized access occurred on Dec 21, 2024, affecting personal info (SSN, financial accounts, driver's licenses) of 4,185 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. Notification sent Feb 12, 2025. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 79 days

discovery → filing · 3 days

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Mar 10, 2025

Discovered

Mar 13, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_1e9b6b97d4d6e9b02025-03-12 · +1dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_bfa4b3b321d5394b2025-03-12 · +1dVerified

Name: Northwest Regional Education Service District
norm: northwest regional education service district
Domain: nwresd.org

Name: Northwest Regional Education Service District
norm: northwest regional education service district
Domain: nwresd.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 10, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Undetected for: 79 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 12, 2025
Affected individuals: 4,185state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notice with Maine Attorney General
Third party: via Carruth Compliance Consulting
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began investigating and sought information from Carruth
Worked to identify all current and former employees
Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection through IDX
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Provided $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Provided fully managed identity theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 3 days(3 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Oregon State AGMar 12 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 12 · first

Maine State AG+1d · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/ad36cd54-1ea6-46c4-9bcd-ec37d929350f.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 13, 2025
Raw hash: b4a820623e01a7ca2ff5c02f8b5e0ffd3515e3190702f64948f4a7efdbb022f5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorthwest Regional Education Service District

Victim entityNorthwest Regional Education Service District

Incidentdiscovered Mar 10, 2025

Stated responseBegan investigating and sought information from Carruth

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov