MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Judge Rotenberg Educational Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 13, 2024

Filed

Oct 3, 2024

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,5115 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Judge Rotenberg Educational Center →

Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. reported a ransomware attack on February 13, 2024, affecting 3,511 individuals nationwide, including 5 Maine residents. The incident involved unauthorized access and data encryption. The organization engaged forensic experts, notified federal law enforcement, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 13, 2024 → Filed with AG Oct 3, 2024233d ✗ ME AG >90d33 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 · 33 weeks / 233 days

Feb 13, 2024

Begins

Feb 13, 2024

Discovered

Oct 3, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by blacksuit about this victim predates this filing by 203 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteblacksuitbd_faeaf3bf407881722024-03-13 · +204dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_44c29b17009a3d3e2024-10-03Verified
Vermont State AGbd_6a5e9832c6b9356d2024-10-03Verified
HHS OCRbd_7c4bc858c42308532024-10-03Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_90ab31acdce246772024-10-03Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_71c003a05fccde922024-10-10 · +7dVerified by operator

Name: Judge Rotenberg Educational Center
norm: judge rotenberg educational center
Domain: judgerc.org

Name: Judge Rotenberg Educational Center
norm: judge rotenberg educational center
Domain: judgerc.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 13, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 3, 2024
Affected individuals: 3,511state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to federal law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a team of cybersecurity experts to assist it with conducting a forensic investigation
Reported the incident to federal law enforcement
Provided whatever cooperation is necessary to hold the perpetrators accountable
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(233 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 233dLeak >180dME resident >60d · 233d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 13, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Oct 3, 2024
233d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Feb 13, 2024
→ Notified: Oct 3, 2024
233d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 13, 2024 → Filed with AG: Oct 3, 2024	233d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Feb 13, 2024 → Notified: Oct 3, 2024	233d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGOct 3 · first

Vermont State AGOct 3 · first

HHS OCROct 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 3 · first

Maine State AGOct 3 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Oct 3 (IN), last Oct 10 (MA) — a 7-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/dad96d93-414b-44aa-b111-1baab88ee21f.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2024
Raw hash: bfba9e755b40c79668ce7b0c8495747c8b4e2504c6cce23580d33abf09fe37f3

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJudge Rotenberg Educational Center

Victim entityJudge Rotenberg Educational Center

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2024

Stated responseEngaged a team of cybersecurity experts to assist it with conducting a forensic investigation

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov