HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDEducationMediumContained

Charleston County School District

bd_31165615b8e21cbf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2024

Filed

Apr 29, 2025

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Charleston County School District →

Charleston County School District notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident affecting 10 New Hampshire residents. An unknown actor gained unauthorized access to the network between July 16 and July 19, 2024, and acquired files containing student personal information. The incident was discovered on July 16, 2024, following an IT outage. The district retained forensic experts, reported the incident to the FBI and SLED, and is offering credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d41 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 287 days

Jul 16, 2024

Begins

Jul 16, 2024

Discovered

Apr 29, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+31 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteransomhubbd_f27b2f5dc3327ab22024-07-26 · +277dVerified by operator
Leak Siteransomhubbd_0197f2125253fc3b2024-07-18 · +285dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_3a3a75acc2f6a7092025-04-29Verified
Maine State AGbd_495df9fa415666ff2025-04-29Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6c8d31fbc9f5e8b12025-04-29Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_b5c9e9ef8bccac9f2025-04-29Verified by operator

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 277d gap

Vermont State AGbd_c6f3e272efa82a3e2025-04-29Candidate
South Carolina State AGbd_1686029f5e7ec2222025-04-30 · +1dVerified
Pressransomhubbd_d4632cacac1147592024-07-26 · +277dCandidate

Name: Charleston County School District
norm: charleston county school district
Domain: ccsdschools.com

Name: Charleston County School District
norm: charleston county school district
Domain: ccsdschools.com
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 16, 2024 – Jul 19, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 29, 2025
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDEducation
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralReported to the Federal Bureau of InvestigationReported to South Carolina Law Enforcement Division

During the incident: Retained cybersecurity experts and launched a forensics investigation to determine the source and scope of the compromise
Implemented additional security measures to further harden its environment
Reported this incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
Notifying the affected individuals and providing resources and steps individuals can take to help protect their information
Offering affected individuals complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further harden its environment in an effort to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(287 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

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PressJul 26 · first

Nebraska State AG+277d

Maine State AG+277d

Indiana State AG+277d

Massachusetts State AG+277d

Vermont State AG+277d

New Hampshire State AG+277d · this page

South Carolina State AG+278d

Pattern: first filing Jul 26, last Apr 30 (SC) — a 278-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/charleston-county-school-district-20250429.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 29, 2025
Raw hash: 9740ff4e9b4315e7fd9f61c858663a1bb5904356e6c3b5c07c458939ce3605bb

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCharleston County School District

Victim entityCharleston County School District

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2024

Stated responseRetained cybersecurity experts and launched a forensics investigation to determine the source and scope of the compromise

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov