HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Charleston County School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2024

Filed

Apr 30, 2025

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

18,725state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Charleston County School District →

Charleston County School District notified affected individuals of a data security incident where an unknown actor gained unauthorized access to the network between July 16 and July 19, 2024. The incident involved the acquisition of files containing personal information, including names. CCSD engaged external experts, notified the FBI and SC Law Enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d41 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 288 days

Jul 16, 2024

Begins

Jul 16, 2024

Discovered

Apr 30, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+31 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ransomhub about this victim predates this filing by 286 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteransomhubbd_f27b2f5dc3327ab22024-07-26 · +278dVerified by operator
Leak Siteransomhubbd_0197f2125253fc3b2024-07-18 · +286dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_31165615b8e21cbf2025-04-29 · +1dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_3a3a75acc2f6a7092025-04-29 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_495df9fa415666ff2025-04-29 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_6c8d31fbc9f5e8b12025-04-29 · +1dVerified by operator

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 278d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b5c9e9ef8bccac9f2025-04-29 · +1dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_c6f3e272efa82a3e2025-04-29 · +1dCandidate
Pressransomhubbd_d4632cacac1147592024-07-26 · +278dCandidate

Name: Charleston County School District
norm: charleston county school district
Domain: ccsdschools.com

Name: Charleston County School District
norm: charleston county school district
Domain: ccsdschools.com
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 16, 2024 – Jul 19, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 29, 2025
Affected individuals: 18,725state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the support of external cybersecurity experts
Took steps to secure our IT environment
Implementing enhanced security measures
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
Changes made: Implementing enhanced security measures to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(288 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dSC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

PressJul 26 · first

New Hampshire State AG+277d

Nebraska State AG+277d

Maine State AG+277d

Indiana State AG+277d

Massachusetts State AG+277d

Vermont State AG+277d

South Carolina State AG+278d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 26, last Apr 30 (SC) — a 278-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/CharlestonSchoolDistrict.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 30, 2025
Raw hash: 11128bfa7b0050f5f5fdb43943f092d00513162fc76cb048954ff3ac4b8f4094

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCharleston County School District

Victim entityCharleston County School District

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the support of external cybersecurity experts

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov