MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMinorMediumContained

Pulaski County Public Schools

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 5, 2023

Filed

Dec 11, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pulaski County Public Schools →

Pulaski County Public Schools (VA) notified the NH AG of a ransomware attack discovered on Nov 5, 2023. Cybercriminals encrypted servers and claimed to exfiltrate data, potentially impacting student PII (SSN, DOB). One NH resident is affected. PCPS engaged forensic experts, notified FBI/VA State Police, and offered Experian monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Nov 5, 2023

Begins

Nov 5, 2023

Discovered

Dec 11, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_74e727ed6f8853492023-12-07 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_cdbaa7d6a834ab382023-12-05 · +6dCandidate

Name: Pulaski County Public Schools
norm: pulaski county public schools

Name: Pulaski County Public Schools
norm: pulaski county public schools
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 5, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 5, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 5, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDMinor
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI Cyber Crimes DivisionNotified the Virginia State Police's Fusion Intelligence Center

During the incident: Engaged leading outside cybersecurity experts to investigate the nature and scope of this activity and remediate the incident
Notified the FBI Cyber Crimes Division and the Virginia State Police's Fusion Intelligence Center of this attack
Arranged to provide potentially impacted individuals with identity/credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian at no cost to them
Changes made: Continuing to evaluate additional actions to strengthen our network security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGDec 5 · first

Massachusetts State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 5 (MT), last Dec 11 (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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/pulaski-county-public-schools-20231211.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 11, 2023
Raw hash: cf5bba33534f2c137260c705362e1f76fe8dd6b76e692cf96eb8defc84a6b36b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPulaski County Public Schools

Victim entityPulaski County Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Nov 5, 2023

Stated responseEngaged leading outside cybersecurity experts to investigate the nature and scope of this activity and remediate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov