HackingProfessional ServicesEducationProfessional ServicesSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Springfield Public Schools

bd_2bcd94a41ed4e643 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 13, 2025

Filed

Mar 1, 2025

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Springfield Public Schools →6 incidents on file

Carruth Compliance Consulting, a third-party administrator for retirement plans, experienced a data security incident on December 21, 2024, where personal information may have been acquired without authorization. Springfield Public Schools, a client of Carruth, notified the Maryland Attorney General on February 28, 2025, regarding one affected Maryland resident. Affected data may include names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial account information, and medical billing information. Carruth engaged third-party specialists and notified the FBI. Springfield Public Schools is offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to affected individuals.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Maryland clock⏱ MD AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 23 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Dec 21, 2024

Begins

Jan 13, 2025

Discovered

Mar 1, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Part of Carruth Compliance Consulting supply-chain incident (2025) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

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

Name: Springfield
norm: springfield
Domain: myspringfield.com

Name: Springfield Public Schools
norm: springfield public schools
Domain: springfieldpublicschools.com
Industry: Professional ServicesllmEducationllm

Discovered: Jan 13, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2024
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Third party: via Carruth Compliance Consulting

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine what happened and what data was involved
Worked with third-party specialists to investigate the activity
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Worked to identify all current and former employees whose personal information was shared with Carruth
Established a toll-free call center through IDX to answer questions about the incident
Notified the potentially affected individuals
Provided steps individuals can take to protect their personal information
Changes made: Offering complimentary identity protection services including 12 months of credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376463.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 1, 2025
Raw hash: a48ab4fa29a37465c2192fe6e2be94a7056977beab22b0b65005361f4842e6f6

Reporting entitySpringfield

Victim entitySpringfield Public Schools

Incidentdiscovered Jan 13, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine what happened and what data was involved

ComplianceMD AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov