HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Muscogee County School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 26, 2024

Filed

Aug 20, 2025

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected · nationwide

34,0565 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Muscogee County School District →

Muscogee County School District (GA) reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between Dec 12-26, 2024. The incident affected 34,056 individuals, including 5 Maine residents. Personal information (names and data elements) was accessed. MCSD engaged cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring via Kroll. Notices were sent on Aug 14, 2025.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 26, 2024 → Filed with AG Aug 20, 2025237d ✗ ME AG >90d34 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 · 14 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 237 days

Dec 12, 2024

Begins

Dec 26, 2024

Discovered

Aug 20, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by safepay about this victim predates this filing by 237 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitesafepaybd_70254b6bbbfa6c702024-12-26 · +237dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_ae5dd22ff1e506432025-08-25 · +5dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_b796c0310fa2a7dc2025-08-14 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f6bed38f94c99cfd2025-02-11 · +190dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_ee2898ac2d8f08e42025-02-07 · +194dCandidate

Name: Muscogee County School District
norm: muscogee county school district
Domain: muscogee.k12.ga.us

Name: Muscogee County School District
norm: muscogee county school district
Domain: muscogee.k12.ga.us
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 26, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 12, 2024 – Dec 26, 2024
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 14, 2025
Affected individuals: 34,056state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took immediate action to bring in cybersecurity experts
Conducted a diligent investigation
Supplemented existing security measures
Notified law enforcement
Offered 1 year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Kroll
Changes made: Supplemented existing security measures to further strengthen our network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(237 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 237dME resident >180d · 231dLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 26, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Aug 20, 2025
237d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Dec 26, 2024
→ Notified: Aug 14, 2025
231d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 26, 2024 → Filed with AG: Aug 20, 2025	237d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Dec 26, 2024 → Notified: Aug 14, 2025	231d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 7 · first

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Nebraska State AG+188d

Maine State AG+194d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+199d

Pattern: first filing Feb 7 (IN), last Aug 25 (NH) — a 199-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/fbc9cba8-6937-4469-9945-bc9fbdca806c.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 20, 2025
Raw hash: f143d830e52fe9fc17539a7b84209570e4ec118155998a3cad710462c5f21c3d

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMuscogee County School District

Victim entityMuscogee County School District

Incidentdiscovered Dec 26, 2024

Stated responseTook immediate action to bring in cybersecurity experts

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov