Social EngineeringEducationEducationPhishingDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Columbus City Schools

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 1, 2020

Filed

Oct 16, 2020

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,1781 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Columbus City Schools →

Columbus City Schools experienced a phishing attack that was discovered on May 1, 2020. The breach, which occurred on February 2, 2020, compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 3,178 individuals. Affected parties were notified on October 16, 2020, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 1, 2020 → Filed with AG Oct 16, 2020168d ✗ ME AG >90d24 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 89 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 168 days

Feb 2, 2020

Begins

May 1, 2020

Discovered

Oct 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_09bab8052de6f3422020-10-16Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c0aaf111937c646a2020-10-16Verified

Name: Columbus City Schools
norm: columbus city schools

Name: Columbus City Schools
norm: columbus city schools
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2020
Undetected for: 89 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 16, 2020
Affected individuals: 3,178state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 Phishing
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Notified consumers in writing
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services from IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(168 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 168dME resident >60d · 168d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 1, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Oct 16, 2020
168d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: May 1, 2020
→ Notified: Oct 16, 2020
168d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 1, 2020 → Filed with AG: Oct 16, 2020	168d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: May 1, 2020 → Notified: Oct 16, 2020	168d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGOct 16 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 16 · first

Maine State AGOct 16 · first · this page

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/fe2cc6c8-8c81-474f-b04e-ea7c5daa9960.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 16, 2020
Raw hash: f6ac197e24128b6514204f1625f53a850db049a12018275285f649ec9e63ff70

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityColumbus City Schools

Victim entityColumbus City Schools

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2020

Stated responseNotified consumers in writing

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov