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HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Sweetwater Union High School District

bd_33d82313f43676bd · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 12, 2023

Filed

Jun 30, 2023

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Sweetwater Union High School District →2 incidents on file

Sweetwater Union High School District experienced a security incident on February 12, 2023, where an unauthorized party gained access to its computer network and exfiltrated files between February 11 and 12, 2023. The breach potentially affected personal information including names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers. The district notified law enforcement, engaged a cybersecurity firm, and implemented multi-factor authentication. Affected individuals were offered one year of credit monitoring.

California clockDiscovered Feb 12, 2023 → Notified Jun 15, 2023123d ✗ CA 60-day late20 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days
discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 138 days

Feb 11, 2023

Begins

Feb 12, 2023

Discovered

Jun 30, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

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

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.