MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighActive

Franklin Pierce Schools

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 9, 2025

Filed

Jul 24, 2025

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1,478state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Franklin Pierce Schools →

Franklin Pierce School District (FPS) reported a ransomware cyberattack in Washington. Unauthorized access occurred June 7-9, 2025; discovered June 9, 2025. Employee PII (names, SSNs, driver's licenses, DOBs) was accessed/copied. 1,478 WA residents notified July 24, 2025. FPS engaged law enforcement, offered 1 year of Experian credit monitoring, and is implementing additional security safeguards.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d6 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 · 2 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Jun 7, 2025

Begins

Jun 9, 2025

Discovered

Jul 24, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitemedusabd_b66aee94c01f13c22025-07-30 · +7dCandidate

Name: Franklin Pierce Schools
norm: franklin pierce schools
Domain: fpschools.org

Name: Franklin Pierce Schools
norm: franklin pierce schools
Domain: fpschools.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 9, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 7, 2025 – Jun 9, 2025
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 24, 2025
Affected individuals: 1,478state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators, as necessary

During the incident: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Experian, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing security policies and dedicating significant resources to implement additional cybersecurity measures to further protect against similar events moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA34103.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 24, 2025
Raw hash: 1e95e9fde7a43c715e0bac5a40c01d71b0c44b8aa0fed68f73d7f5104d1e79f1

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Reporting entityFranklin Pierce Schools

Victim entityFranklin Pierce Schools

Incidentdiscovered Jun 9, 2025

Stated responseNotified federal law enforcement regarding the event

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com