HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

Portland Public Schools

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 30, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

31state residents only

Linked

9 records

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Portland Public Schools →

Portland Public Schools notified Massachusetts residents of unauthorized access to its network. A forensic investigation determined on January 6, 2026, that personal information, including full names, may have been accessed or acquired. The school district engaged external cybersecurity professionals and is offering complimentary identity monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jan 30, 2026

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 9 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ransomhub about this victim was first seen 330 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteransomhubbd_284650abec0dbc822025-01-05 · +390dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_24c550503f100c932026-01-30Verified
Delaware State AGbd_3436d86a834137e32026-01-30Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_44b23776f3d68b212026-01-30Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_7d0298ae14e91fec2026-01-30Verified by operator

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 6d gap

Vermont State AGbd_c089e457a397121d2026-01-30Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c67522245a0e67142026-02-05 · +6dVerified

Press reports (1)

Pressransomhubbd_e9858b64a519a51a2025-01-05 · +390dCandidate

Name: Portland Public Schools
norm: portland public schools
Domain: portlandschools.org

Name: Portland Public Schools
norm: portland public schools
Domain: portlandschools.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 31state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPII
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Initiated a prompt and thorough investigation
Working closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices to enhance security and privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Maine State AGJan 30 · first

Delaware State AGJan 30 · first

Nebraska State AGJan 30 · first

Indiana State AGJan 30 · first

Vermont State AGJan 30 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 30 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Jan 30 (ME), last Feb 5 (NH) — a 6-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.mass.gov/doc/2026-144-portland-public-schools/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 30, 2026
Raw hash: 5186ff95a50823fa9447bcb0a913795ac0b6b903a54f2e27af320feaebf2dd44

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Press reports (1)

Reporting entityPortland Public Schools

Victim entityPortland Public Schools

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseInitiated a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov