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Springfield Public Schools

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Sep 15, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Springfield Public Schools →3 incidents on file

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Interlock on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: EducationDiscovered: 2026-09-15

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Springfield Public Schools in Springfield, Massachusetts, is the third-largest school district in the state, with over 23,500 students and over 4,200 full-time employees. The school budget accounts for more than two-thirds of the city's total budget, which is approximately $700 million. Yet, they fail to ensure student safety and do nothing to address this problem. As a result, their negligence has led to a major breach of student and employee data. Extensive student databases are now available, containing last name, first name, student number, enrollment status, grade level, home address, home phone number, and ethnicity. You also have access to more than 10,000 company contacts, incident databases, phone records, and medical information. This raises the question: where are the allocated funds going? Why aren't they keeping their students safe?

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Sep 15, 2026

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Sep 1 (MA), last Oct 13 (NH) — a 42-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2023-12-01

interlock

According to ransomware.live, Interlock is a ransomware group first observed in September 2024 that targets critical infrastructure sectors including healthcare, government, education, and technology across North America and Europe using double-extortion, with 57+ claimed victims including a major US dialysis provider exposing over two million patient records.

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