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HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

City of Buffalo School District

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 12, 2021

Filed

Jun 11, 2021

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected · nationwide

14,0391 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for City of Buffalo School District

The City of Buffalo School District experienced an external system breach (hacking) on March 6, 2021, which was discovered on March 12, 2021. The breach affected 14,039 individuals in total, including one resident of Maine. The compromised information included names in combination with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers and their associated security codes or PINs. The district notified affected consumers on May 11, 2021, and offered one year of credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through Kroll.

Maine clockDiscovered Mar 12, 2021Filed with AG Jun 11, 202191d ME AG >90d13 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 · 6 days
discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 91 days

Mar 6, 2021

Begins

Mar 12, 2021

Discovered

Jun 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGMay 11 · first
Maine State AG+31d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 11 (IN), last Jun 16 (MA) — a 36-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.