HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Fort Zumwalt School District

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 22, 2020

Filed

Oct 23, 2020

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

5,5781 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Fort Zumwalt School District →

Fort Zumwalt School District (MO) reported unauthorized access to systems containing names and Social Security Numbers affecting 5,578 individuals (including 1 Maine resident). The breach occurred between August 2019 and January 2020, discovered September 22, 2020. Notification was sent October 22, 2020, offering 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion. The incident is categorized as unauthorized access/hacking.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 22, 2020 → Filed with AG Oct 23, 202031d ⏱ ME AG >30d4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 418 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Aug 1, 2019

Begins

Sep 22, 2020

Discovered

Oct 23, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_a63013e50d789e4b2020-10-22 · +1dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Fort Zumwalt School District
norm: fort zumwalt school district
Industry: education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 22, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2019 – Jan 31, 2020
Undetected for: 418 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 22, 2020
Affected individuals: 5,578state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with the Maine Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 31d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 22, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Oct 23, 2020
31d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 22, 2020 → Filed with AG: Oct 23, 2020	31d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGOct 22 · 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/c228eb93-3842-4ce4-a52c-c7681d5addf5.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 23, 2020
Raw hash: 2c983fd7f5685ab8f377a652e9388c48de5522d98a77f93ddf6e410a827dcc1f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityFort Zumwalt School District

Incidentdiscovered Sep 22, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov