HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Seneca High School

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 22, 2016

Filed

Feb 12, 2016

To disclose

21 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Seneca High School →

Seneca Township High School notified individuals of a January 22, 2016 security incident involving its payroll application. An unauthorized individual accessed payroll files containing names, addresses, SSNs, and bank account details. The school engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and provided one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 days

Jan 22, 2016

Discovered

Feb 12, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Seneca High School
norm: seneca high school

Name: Seneca High School
norm: seneca high school
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jan 22, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this incident to law enforcement and are cooperating with their investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an internal investigation
Engaged independent IT forensic experts to assist us
Secured the services of IDT911 to provide single bureau credit monitoring* services at no cost to you for one year
Reported this incident to law enforcement and are cooperating with their investigation
Changes made: Implementing stricter firewalls
Changing administrative passwords
Conducting a full review of our system security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Seneca-High-School.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 12, 2016
Raw hash: a18f10850465f16d12b58adb79ea2cf5d5971f43ed1df78bce46324b6632e69c

Reporting entitySeneca High School

Victim entitySeneca High School

Incidentdiscovered Jan 22, 2016

Stated responseBegan an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov